Sorghum — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Sorghum — Area harvested was 155,771 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Angola, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 155,771 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Angola peaked at 252,106 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 30,000 ha, in 2000.
Angola ranks 33rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 2001 | 42,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 2002 | 50,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 68,000 ha | +36.0% |
| 2004 | 75,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 90,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 110,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 196,834 ha | +78.9% |
| 2008 | 137,247 ha | -30.3% |
| 2009 | 162,724 ha | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 166,254 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 187,272 ha | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 115,175 ha | -38.5% |
| 2013 | 192,214 ha | +66.9% |
| 2014 | 198,844 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 196,564 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 252,106 ha | +28.3% |
| 2017 | 147,704 ha | -41.4% |
| 2018 | 146,702 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 145,862 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 153,097 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 151,829 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 152,302 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 153,771 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 155,771 ha | +1.3% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 155,771 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 5.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Angola's 155,771 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 69% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96,180 ha | 30,000 ha | 196,834 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 174,870 ha | 115,175 ha | 252,106 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 153,354 ha | 151,829 ha | 155,771 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Angola?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Angola was 155,771 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 252,106 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 2000.
- How does Angola rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 33rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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.