Sorghum — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 774,646 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Australia stood at 774,646 ha.
That represents a change of up 10.1% on the previous year and up 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Australia peaked at 941,550 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 103,238 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,238 ha | — |
| 1962 | 146,764 ha | +42.2% |
| 1963 | 158,365 ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 147,994 ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 139,913 ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 175,403 ha | +25.4% |
| 1967 | 203,296 ha | +15.9% |
| 1968 | 186,900 ha | -8.1% |
| 1969 | 209,700 ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 358,746 ha | +71.1% |
| 1971 | 552,106 ha | +53.9% |
| 1972 | 638,400 ha | +15.6% |
| 1973 | 697,162 ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 539,671 ha | -22.6% |
| 1975 | 511,089 ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 504,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 532,073 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 394,100 ha | -25.9% |
| 1979 | 468,749 ha | +18.9% |
| 1980 | 518,605 ha | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 658,000 ha | +26.9% |
| 1982 | 649,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 706,527 ha | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 730,325 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 723,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 734,163 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 818,339 ha | +11.5% |
| 1988 | 744,958 ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 624,864 ha | -16.1% |
| 1990 | 380,034 ha | -39.2% |
| 1991 | 377,801 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 569,137 ha | +50.6% |
| 1993 | 427,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 499,461 ha | +17.0% |
| 1995 | 686,246 ha | +37.4% |
| 1996 | 769,928 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 544,000 ha | -29.3% |
| 1998 | 507,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 587,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 622,267 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 757,727 ha | +21.8% |
| 2002 | 822,771 ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 666,721 ha | -19.0% |
| 2004 | 734,234 ha | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 755,029 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 766,680 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 613,341 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 941,550 ha | +53.5% |
| 2009 | 766,986 ha | -18.5% |
| 2010 | 497,909 ha | -35.1% |
| 2011 | 633,071 ha | +27.1% |
| 2012 | 659,279 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 647,812 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 531,996 ha | -17.9% |
| 2015 | 732,473 ha | +37.7% |
| 2016 | 520,527 ha | -28.9% |
| 2017 | 367,920 ha | -29.3% |
| 2018 | 462,191 ha | +25.6% |
| 2019 | 550,279 ha | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 204,113 ha | -62.9% |
| 2021 | 572,607 ha | +180.5% |
| 2022 | 621,503 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 703,441 ha | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 774,646 ha | +10.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 774,646 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,063 ha, 728.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Australia's 774,646 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,129 ha, 686.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +180.5% | 204,113 ha | 572,607 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,508 ha | 103,238 ha | 209,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 519,610 ha | 358,746 ha | 697,162 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 690,778 ha | 518,605 ha | 818,339 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 534,761 ha | 377,801 ha | 769,928 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 744,731 ha | 613,341 ha | 941,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 560,346 ha | 367,920 ha | 732,473 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 575,262 ha | 204,113 ha | 774,646 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 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
- 12 Chad 1.01 million ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 1,136 ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 12 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 774,646 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 7 ha compare
- 15 Cameroon 740,000 ha compare
- 16 China 645,496 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Australia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Australia was 774,646 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 941,550 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,238 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.