Sorghum — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Sorghum — Area harvested was 626,182 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Argentina is 626,182 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 25.1% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 2.52 million ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 342,623 ha, in 2019.
That places Argentina 20th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 million ha | 786,700 ha | 1.46 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.16 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 2.46 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.66 million ha | 641,100 ha | 2.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 672,714 ha | 476,890 ha | 782,110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 553,064 ha | 379,660 ha | 719,598 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 701,349 ha | 342,623 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 594,052 ha | 395,204 ha | 748,566 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 648,842 ha compare
- 18 China 645,496 ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 643,496 ha compare
- 21 Ethiopia PDR 461,270 ha compare
- 22 Ghana 380,192 ha compare
- 23 Yemen 333,017 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 7.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 3.51 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 37.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 177,082 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Argentina?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Argentina was 626,182 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 2.52 million ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 342,623 ha in 2019.
- How does Argentina rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 20th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina 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.