Sorghum — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sorghum — Area harvested was 27,095 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 27,095 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 84.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 225,862 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 12,306 ha, in 2019.
That places Caribbean 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220,320 ha | — |
| 1962 | 225,862 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 224,400 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 214,600 ha | -4.4% |
| 1965 | 215,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 213,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 211,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 209,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 219,600 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 221,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 221,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 225,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 166,000 ha | -26.2% |
| 1974 | 151,032 ha | -9.0% |
| 1975 | 145,706 ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 136,260 ha | -6.5% |
| 1977 | 158,104 ha | +16.0% |
| 1978 | 171,258 ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 165,560 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 167,945 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 162,013 ha | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 162,914 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 175,402 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 176,927 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 158,200 ha | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 186,253 ha | +17.7% |
| 1987 | 188,714 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 197,919 ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 183,474 ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 94,655 ha | -48.4% |
| 1991 | 119,766 ha | +26.5% |
| 1992 | 127,913 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 138,056 ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 127,821 ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 130,586 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 123,973 ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 139,543 ha | +12.6% |
| 1998 | 132,533 ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 133,404 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 142,284 ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 132,719 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 118,037 ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 117,448 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 119,249 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 118,989 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 117,710 ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 139,311 ha | +18.4% |
| 2008 | 115,540 ha | -17.1% |
| 2009 | 120,581 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 158,092 ha | +31.1% |
| 2011 | 123,941 ha | -21.6% |
| 2012 | 105,951 ha | -14.5% |
| 2013 | 133,625 ha | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 169,759 ha | +27.0% |
| 2015 | 66,105 ha | -61.1% |
| 2016 | 65,742 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 199,481 ha | +203.4% |
| 2018 | 36,750 ha | -81.6% |
| 2019 | 12,306 ha | -66.5% |
| 2020 | 30,495 ha | +147.8% |
| 2021 | 32,809 ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 28,623 ha | -12.8% |
| 2023 | 28,106 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 27,095 ha | -3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +203.4% | 65,742 ha | 199,481 ha |
| 2020 | +147.8% | 12,306 ha | 30,495 ha |
| 2018 | -81.6% | 199,481 ha | 36,750 ha |
| 2019 | -66.5% | 36,750 ha | 12,306 ha |
| 2015 | -61.1% | 169,759 ha | 66,105 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216,976 ha | 209,000 ha | 225,862 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 176,182 ha | 136,260 ha | 225,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 175,976 ha | 158,200 ha | 197,919 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 126,825 ha | 94,655 ha | 139,543 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 124,187 ha | 115,540 ha | 142,284 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,175 ha | 12,306 ha | 199,481 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,426 ha | 27,095 ha | 32,809 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 100,000 ha compare
- 24 Eritrea 270,000 ha compare
- 25 Senegal 260,000 ha compare
- 26 Kenya 250,432 ha compare
- 27 Somalia 250,000 ha compare
- 28 Mauritania 240,000 ha compare
- 29 Mozambique 239,352 ha compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Caribbean was 27,095 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 225,862 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,306 ha in 2019.
- How does Caribbean rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.