Sorghum — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1.43 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Central America stood at 1.43 million ha.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Central America peaked at 2.48 million ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 340,880 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 14th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 340,880 ha | — |
| 1962 | 341,511 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 421,476 ha | +23.4% |
| 1964 | 508,005 ha | +20.5% |
| 1965 | 569,320 ha | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 826,655 ha | +45.2% |
| 1967 | 910,604 ha | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 1.08 million ha | +19.0% |
| 1969 | 1.14 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 1.25 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 1.21 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 1.36 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 1.44 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 1.43 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 1.74 million ha | +22.1% |
| 1976 | 1.55 million ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 1.72 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 1.72 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 1.49 million ha | -13.4% |
| 1980 | 1.84 million ha | +23.3% |
| 1981 | 1.98 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 1.56 million ha | -21.4% |
| 1983 | 1.81 million ha | +16.4% |
| 1984 | 1.96 million ha | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 2.19 million ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 1.87 million ha | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 2.15 million ha | +14.6% |
| 1988 | 2.12 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 1.93 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 2.14 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 1.70 million ha | -20.3% |
| 1992 | 1.72 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 1.22 million ha | -29.3% |
| 1994 | 1.56 million ha | +27.8% |
| 1995 | 1.66 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 2.48 million ha | +49.7% |
| 1997 | 2.18 million ha | -12.3% |
| 1998 | 2.23 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 2.19 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 2.15 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 2.18 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.97 million ha | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 2.19 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 2.06 million ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 1.83 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 1.82 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 2.00 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 2.08 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1.91 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 1.97 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1.94 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2.04 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.90 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 2.22 million ha | +17.2% |
| 2015 | 1.86 million ha | -16.2% |
| 2016 | 1.71 million ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 1.59 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 1.46 million ha | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 1.47 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.61 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 1.44 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 1.51 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 1.45 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 1.43 million ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 682,716 ha | 340,880 ha | 1.14 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.49 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.94 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 2.19 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.91 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 2.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.02 million ha | 1.82 million ha | 2.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.82 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 2.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.49 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 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 Australia 774,646 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
- 17 China, mainland 643,496 ha compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Central America?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Central America was 1.43 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.48 million ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 340,880 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.