Sorghum — Area harvested, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Sorghum — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
124
Highest
200 % change on previous year
Kyrgyzstan
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
New Caledonia
Median
0.1769 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Sorghum — Area harvested, annual growth rate is currently reported for 124 countries. The highest value is 200 % change on previous year in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in New Caledonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1769 % change on previous year, and the mean is 8.81 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 84,443.5%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 9,122.4%).
Sorghum — Area harvested, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 200 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 427.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 200 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 100 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 217.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 95.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 631.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Iraq | 92.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 143.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Romania | 89.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 597.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Slovakia | 88.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 8 | France | 84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 270.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 68.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Gambia | 53.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,134.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 50.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 84,443.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Albania | 49.08 % change on previous year | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Peru | 46.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 45.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 204.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Sudan | 42.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Ukraine | 38.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 208.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Yugoslav SFR | 35.78 % change on previous year | 1991 | — | volatile |
| 18 | India | 33.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 832.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 32.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 179.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Paraguay | 30.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 63,733.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Hungary | 29.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 308.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Sudan (former) | 29.29 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 25.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Argentina | 25.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 318.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritania | 25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 188.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Burundi | 24.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 173.4% | volatile |
| 28 | South Africa | 23.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 23.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 197.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 23.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | 22.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4,229.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 20.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 553.3% | volatile |
| 33 | South Sudan | 15.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 211.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Serbia and Montenegro | 15.35 % change on previous year | 2005 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Czechoslovakia | 15.15 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Jordan | 13.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 12.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 11.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4,815.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Australia | 10.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 156.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 156.6% | volatile |
| 41 | United Republic of Tanzania | 9.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Nigeria | 7.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Oman | 6.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Namibia | 6.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 5.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 5.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Italy | 5.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 423.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Palestine | 4.81 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Algeria | 4.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 104.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Mali | 3.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 3.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 52 | El Salvador | 2.42 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Mozambique | 2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 55 | China, mainland | 1.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 56 | China | 1.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Brazil | 1.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Angola | 1.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Guatemala | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Cuba | 0.8358 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 124.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 0.1842 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1775 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Melanesia | 0.1764 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Tunisia | 0.1704 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 0.1527 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Honduras | 0.0218 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Cameroon | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Fiji | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Maldives | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Somalia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Eswatini | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Thailand | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Uganda | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Micronesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Spain | -0.1536 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Madagascar | -0.2446 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -0.2644 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Ecuador | -0.3096 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,349.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Myanmar | -1.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 138.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Morocco | -1.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 125.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Togo | -1.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 121.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Botswana | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 103.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -2.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Yemen | -2.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Pakistan | -2.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Mexico | -2.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 113.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Niger | -3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,575.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Rwanda | -3.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 112.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Caribbean | -3.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 113.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Haiti | -4.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 114.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | -4.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Belize | -4.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Panama | -5.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 128.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Israel | -5.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Senegal | -5.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 139.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | -6.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,024.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Lesotho | -6.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Egypt | -8.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 268.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | -8.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 752.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Chad | -8.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 9,122.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Colombia | -10.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 194.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Ethiopia PDR | -10.81 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Russian Federation | -11.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 145.2% | volatile |
| 111 | China, Taiwan Province of | -20.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 702.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Malawi | -20.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 793.5% | volatile |
| 113 | USSR | -24.56 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 301.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Uruguay | -27.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 150.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Greece | -27.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Philippines | -30.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Croatia | -37.93 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 213.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | -48.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 584.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Syrian Arab Republic | -50.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 121.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Zambia | -67.1 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 564.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | -81.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 924.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | -100 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 324.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Japan | -100 % change on previous year | 1969 | down 616.7% | volatile |
| 122 | New Caledonia | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 153.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 77.14 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) 44.29 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 41.01 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 33.49 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 29.15 % change on previous year
- Asia 24.51 % change on previous year
- Europe 24.01 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 14.37 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 14.06 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 14.02 % change on previous year
- Africa 12.57 % change on previous year
- South America 12.39 % change on previous year
- World 12.2 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe 11.08 % change on previous year
- Oceania 10.11 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 7.98 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 7.75 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 6.09 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 4.25 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.48 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe 2.95 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia 1.79 % change on previous year
- Americas 1.07 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -1.21 % change on previous year
- Central America -1.56 % change on previous year
- Western Asia -2.24 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa -3.78 % change on previous year
- Northern America -8.34 % change on previous year
- United States of America -8.34 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Sorghum — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Sorghum — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Sorghum — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.