Sorghum — Area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Sorghum — Area harvested was 648,842 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) stood at 648,842 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 32.1% on the previous year and up 135.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) peaked at 648,842 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 300 ha | — |
| 1977 | 1,200 ha | +300.0% |
| 1978 | 1,515 ha | +26.2% |
| 1979 | 2,900 ha | +91.4% |
| 1980 | 6,200 ha | +113.8% |
| 1981 | 6,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 3,600 ha | -41.0% |
| 1983 | 1,640 ha | -54.4% |
| 1984 | 10,376 ha | +532.7% |
| 1985 | 17,149 ha | +65.3% |
| 1986 | 15,100 ha | -11.9% |
| 1987 | 11,608 ha | -23.1% |
| 1988 | 15,430 ha | +32.9% |
| 1989 | 15,470 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 14,130 ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 14,635 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 15,150 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 37,180 ha | +145.4% |
| 1994 | 23,945 ha | -35.6% |
| 1995 | 35,045 ha | +46.4% |
| 1996 | 35,040 ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 30,545 ha | -12.8% |
| 1998 | 45,040 ha | +47.5% |
| 1999 | 69,940 ha | +55.3% |
| 2000 | 42,743 ha | -38.9% |
| 2001 | 42,715 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 60,820 ha | +42.4% |
| 2003 | 56,740 ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 63,045 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 73,087 ha | +15.9% |
| 2006 | 104,000 ha | +42.3% |
| 2007 | 120,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 125,539 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 130,032 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 83,852 ha | -35.5% |
| 2011 | 105,674 ha | +26.0% |
| 2012 | 132,417 ha | +25.3% |
| 2013 | 464,780 ha | +251.0% |
| 2014 | 275,935 ha | -40.6% |
| 2015 | 287,773 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 280,417 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 283,148 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 387,730 ha | +36.9% |
| 2019 | 395,235 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 449,368 ha | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 501,020 ha | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 503,794 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 491,216 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 648,842 ha | +32.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +532.7% | 1,640 ha | 10,376 ha |
| 1977 | +300.0% | 300 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2013 | +251.0% | 132,417 ha | 464,780 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 591.5 ha | 0 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,267 ha | 1,640 ha | 17,149 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,065 ha | 14,130 ha | 69,940 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 81,872 ha | 42,715 ha | 130,032 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 269,696 ha | 83,852 ha | 464,780 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 518,848 ha | 449,368 ha | 648,842 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- 2 Sudan (former) 7.26 million ha compare
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- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 750,000 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
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- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0892 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 18.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.1146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 5.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 7.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of)?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) was 648,842 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Bolivia (Plurinational State of)?
- The highest recorded value was 648,842 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Bolivia (Plurinational State of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Bolivia (Plurinational State of) rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ranks 5th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Bolivia (Plurinational State of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 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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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.