Sorghum — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1.36 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Brazil stood at 1.36 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 1.36 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2 ha, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 9th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | 401.89 ha | 2 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 82,258 ha | 900 ha | 177,644 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 153,986 ha | 78,209 ha | 227,237 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 209,098 ha | 137,758 ha | 352,394 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 692,547 ha | 423,603 ha | 931,061 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 739,369 ha | 558,189 ha | 840,093 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 million ha | 879,140 ha | 1.36 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 11.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 25.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 138.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 7.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Brazil?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Brazil was 1.36 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 9th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.