Sorghum — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Sorghum — Area harvested was 178 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Algeria is 178 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 137.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 3,700 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1994.
Algeria ranks 93rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1963 | 1,923 ha | -35.9% |
| 1964 | 1,800 ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 1,660 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | -39.8% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +60.0% |
| 1968 | 2,430 ha | +51.9% |
| 1969 | 3,700 ha | +52.3% |
| 1970 | 1,980 ha | -46.5% |
| 1971 | 1,890 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 1,390 ha | -26.5% |
| 1973 | 2,220 ha | +59.7% |
| 1974 | 1,510 ha | -32.0% |
| 1975 | 1,400 ha | -7.3% |
| 1976 | 1,240 ha | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 1,570 ha | +26.6% |
| 1978 | 650 ha | -58.6% |
| 1979 | 460 ha | -29.2% |
| 1980 | 270 ha | -41.3% |
| 1981 | 150 ha | -44.4% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +300.0% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | -41.7% |
| 1984 | 800 ha | +128.6% |
| 1985 | 450 ha | -43.8% |
| 1986 | 130 ha | -71.1% |
| 1987 | 270 ha | +107.7% |
| 1988 | 430 ha | +59.3% |
| 1989 | 380 ha | -11.6% |
| 1990 | 280 ha | -26.3% |
| 1991 | 130 ha | -53.6% |
| 1992 | 80 ha | -38.5% |
| 1993 | 20 ha | -75.0% |
| 1994 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1995 | 30 ha | — |
| 1996 | 40 ha | +33.3% |
| 1997 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 1998 | 20 ha | -33.3% |
| 1999 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 120 ha | +500.0% |
| 2001 | 200 ha | +66.7% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 196 ha | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 370 ha | +88.8% |
| 2006 | 437 ha | +18.1% |
| 2007 | 202 ha | -53.8% |
| 2008 | 168 ha | -16.8% |
| 2009 | 43 ha | -74.4% |
| 2010 | 35 ha | -18.6% |
| 2011 | 94 ha | +168.6% |
| 2012 | 85 ha | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 2 ha | -97.6% |
| 2014 | 75 ha | +3650.0% |
| 2015 | 219 ha | +192.0% |
| 2016 | 351 ha | +60.3% |
| 2017 | 312 ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 265 ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 132 ha | -50.2% |
| 2020 | 68 ha | -48.5% |
| 2021 | 105 ha | +54.4% |
| 2022 | 122 ha | +16.2% |
| 2023 | 170 ha | +39.3% |
| 2024 | 178 ha | +4.7% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 178 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 2% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 178 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,353 ha, 8% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +3650.0% | 2 ha | 75 ha |
| 2000 | +500.0% | 20 ha | 120 ha |
| 1982 | +300.0% | 150 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,279 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,431 ha | 460 ha | 2,220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 383 ha | 130 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65 ha | 0 ha | 280 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 216.6 ha | 43 ha | 437 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 157 ha | 2 ha | 351 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 128.6 ha | 68 ha | 178 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 90 Panama 376 ha compare
- 91 Lebanon 299 ha compare
- 92 Dominican Republic 219 ha compare
- 94 Czechoslovakia 152 ha compare
- 95 Kyrgyzstan 151 ha compare
- 96 Palestine 109 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Algeria?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Algeria was 178 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,700 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1994.
- How does Algeria rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 137.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.