Sorghum — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1.01 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Chad is 1.01 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Chad peaked at 1.41 million ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 216,000 ha, in 1981.
That places Chad 12th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 589,111 ha | 493,000 ha | 658,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 522,200 ha | 445,000 ha | 610,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 375,020 ha | 216,000 ha | 492,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 592,601 ha | 438,850 ha | 735,464 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 783,996 ha | 641,709 ha | 953,311 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 10 Mexico 1.29 million ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 1.02 million ha compare
- 13 Australia 774,646 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 774,646 ha compare
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 750,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture share gdp 36.34 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 36.34 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
- Rural population 72.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 15.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 178.02 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Chad?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Chad was 1.01 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 million ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 216,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Chad rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 12th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad 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.