Sorghum — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Sorghum — Area harvested was 6.43 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Americas is 6.43 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Americas peaked at 11.83 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 5.02 million ha, in 2019.
Americas ranks 8th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.80 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 6.12 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 6.88 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 6.49 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 6.95 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 7.43 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 8.31 million ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 8.28 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 8.35 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 9.17 million ha | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 10.49 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1972 | 8.66 million ha | -17.5% |
| 1973 | 10.64 million ha | +22.9% |
| 1974 | 10.00 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 10.47 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 9.89 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 10.56 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 10.29 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 9.60 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 8.92 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 10.44 million ha | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 10.67 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 9.23 million ha | -13.4% |
| 1984 | 11.45 million ha | +24.0% |
| 1985 | 11.83 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 9.82 million ha | -17.0% |
| 1987 | 8.51 million ha | -13.3% |
| 1988 | 7.86 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 8.01 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 7.28 million ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 7.27 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 8.21 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 6.34 million ha | -22.8% |
| 1994 | 6.56 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 6.26 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 8.55 million ha | +36.6% |
| 1997 | 7.35 million ha | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 6.94 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 7.20 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 7.09 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 7.33 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 6.35 million ha | -13.4% |
| 2003 | 7.24 million ha | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 6.65 million ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 5.97 million ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 5.59 million ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 6.53 million ha | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 7.01 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 5.89 million ha | -15.9% |
| 2010 | 5.87 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 5.83 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 6.11 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 7.00 million ha | +14.4% |
| 2014 | 7.06 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 6.94 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 5.91 million ha | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 5.52 million ha | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 5.26 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 5.02 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 5.52 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 6.31 million ha | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 5.71 million ha | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 6.36 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 6.43 million ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.18 million ha | 5.80 million ha | 8.35 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.98 million ha | 8.66 million ha | 10.64 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.67 million ha | 7.86 million ha | 11.83 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.20 million ha | 6.26 million ha | 8.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.57 million ha | 5.59 million ha | 7.33 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.05 million ha | 5.02 million ha | 7.06 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.07 million ha | 5.52 million ha | 6.43 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 648,842 ha compare
- 5 Niger 3.43 million ha compare
- 6 Burkina Faso 1.90 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,537 ha compare
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 1.29 million ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 6,305 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 1.02 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,582 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Americas?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Americas was 6.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 11.83 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.02 million ha in 2019.
- How does Americas rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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.