Sorghum — Area harvested, per capita by country
Sorghum — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
100
Highest
0.169 ha per person
Sudan
Lowest
0 ha per person
New Caledonia
Median
0.0014 ha per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
5,668
What the numbers show
Sorghum — Area harvested, per capita is currently reported for 100 countries. The highest value is 0.169 ha per person in Sudan; the lowest is 0 ha per person in New Caledonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0014 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0111 ha per person.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 1,139.1%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 100.0%).
Sorghum — Area harvested, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudan | 0.169 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 0.1269 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 3 | South Sudan | 0.0853 ha per person | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 0.0807 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 5 | Eritrea | 0.0764 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 6 | Mali | 0.0692 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 7 | Chad | 0.0495 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 8 | Mauritania | 0.0464 ha per person | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Togo | 0.0381 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 0.0285 ha per person | 2024 | up 25.7% | flat |
| 11 | Nigeria | 0.0262 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 0.0254 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 13 | Belize | 0.0204 ha per person | 2024 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 14 | Benin | 0.0147 ha per person | 2024 | up 59.5% | falling |
| 15 | Senegal | 0.0141 ha per person | 2024 | up 59.0% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 0.0137 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Somalia | 0.0132 ha per person | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 0.0125 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0114 ha per person | 2024 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Ghana | 0.011 ha per person | 2024 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 21 | Rwanda | 0.0109 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 0.0106 ha per person | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 0.0098 ha per person | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 24 | El Salvador | 0.0097 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 25 | Namibia | 0.0094 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 26 | Botswana | 0.009 ha per person | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Yemen | 0.0082 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 0.0075 ha per person | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 0.0069 ha per person | 2024 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 0.0069 ha per person | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 31 | Albania | 0.0069 ha per person | 1992 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 32 | Lesotho | 0.0068 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Brazil | 0.0064 ha per person | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Uganda | 0.0064 ha per person | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Uruguay | 0.0059 ha per person | 2024 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 0.0045 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Kenya | 0.0044 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Hungary | 0.0043 ha per person | 2024 | up 829.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Angola | 0.0041 ha per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 40 | Burundi | 0.0035 ha per person | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 0.0032 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 42 | India | 0.0032 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Guinea | 0.003 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 44 | Paraguay | 0.0027 ha per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 45 | Gambia | 0.0026 ha per person | 2024 | down 79.1% | falling |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 0.0026 ha per person | 2023 | down 71.5% | falling |
| 47 | Haiti | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0017 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Guatemala | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 50 | France | 0.0015 ha per person | 2024 | up 54.6% | falling |
| 51 | Slovakia | 0.0014 ha per person | 2024 | up 438.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Egypt | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Honduras | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | up 1,139.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Eswatini | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Italy | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Romania | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 59 | South Africa | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Oman | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Austria | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 62 | Ukraine | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Ecuador | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 64 | China | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 66 | Thailand | 0.0004 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Israel | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Cuba | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Zambia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Tunisia | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Pakistan | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Greece | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 901.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Spain | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Panama | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Maldives | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Madagascar | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Iraq | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Colombia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Slovenia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Palestine | 0 ha per person | 2022 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 849.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Croatia | 0 ha per person | 2017 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Fiji | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Jordan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Algeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 98.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Peru | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Philippines | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 0 ha per person | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 0 ha per person | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 0 ha per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0054 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Sorghum — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sorghum — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sorghum — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Sorghum — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.