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 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9 ha | +350.0% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +9900.0% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 146,904 ha | +16222.7% |
| 1974 | 110,968 ha | -24.5% |
| 1975 | 86,683 ha | -21.9% |
| 1976 | 121,600 ha | +40.3% |
| 1977 | 177,644 ha | +46.1% |
| 1978 | 104,361 ha | -41.3% |
| 1979 | 71,715 ha | -31.3% |
| 1980 | 78,209 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 92,191 ha | +17.9% |
| 1982 | 122,646 ha | +33.0% |
| 1983 | 136,285 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 170,860 ha | +25.4% |
| 1985 | 170,088 ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 191,012 ha | +12.3% |
| 1987 | 227,237 ha | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 190,239 ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 161,088 ha | -15.3% |
| 1990 | 137,758 ha | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 173,603 ha | +26.0% |
| 1992 | 164,301 ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 139,787 ha | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 165,781 ha | +18.6% |
| 1995 | 153,961 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 196,803 ha | +27.8% |
| 1997 | 274,623 ha | +39.5% |
| 1998 | 331,967 ha | +20.9% |
| 1999 | 352,394 ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 528,061 ha | +49.8% |
| 2001 | 490,221 ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 423,603 ha | -13.6% |
| 2003 | 753,767 ha | +77.9% |
| 2004 | 931,061 ha | +23.5% |
| 2005 | 789,186 ha | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 722,200 ha | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 662,994 ha | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 831,354 ha | +25.4% |
| 2009 | 793,027 ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 661,180 ha | -16.6% |
| 2011 | 757,410 ha | +14.6% |
| 2012 | 687,952 ha | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 792,838 ha | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 840,093 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 732,981 ha | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 558,189 ha | -23.8% |
| 2017 | 744,571 ha | +33.4% |
| 2018 | 800,175 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 818,301 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 879,140 ha | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 889,405 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.05 million ha | +17.9% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million ha | +28.2% |
| 2024 | 1.36 million ha | +1.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 1.36 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 162.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 1.36 million ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 86.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +16222.7% | 900 ha | 146,904 ha |
| 1966 | +9900.0% | 9 ha | 900 ha |
| 1965 | +350.0% | 2 ha | 9 ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 6 Burkina Faso 1.90 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,537 ha compare
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
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 120 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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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.