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 120 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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 658,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 658,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 642,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 615,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 617,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 532,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1967 | 541,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 546,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 493,000 ha | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 476,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 516,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1972 | 496,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 445,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1974 | 455,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 508,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 575,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 606,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 610,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 535,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1980 | 492,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 216,000 ha | -56.1% |
| 1982 | 231,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 370,751 ha | +60.5% |
| 1984 | 332,802 ha | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 450,315 ha | +35.3% |
| 1986 | 470,219 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 406,866 ha | -13.5% |
| 1988 | 347,250 ha | -14.7% |
| 1989 | 432,993 ha | +24.7% |
| 1990 | 438,850 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 502,460 ha | +14.5% |
| 1992 | 523,137 ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 495,770 ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 614,669 ha | +24.0% |
| 1995 | 675,215 ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 583,988 ha | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 735,464 ha | +25.9% |
| 1998 | 711,735 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 644,723 ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 641,709 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 789,447 ha | +23.0% |
| 2002 | 697,055 ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 697,766 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 655,087 ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 792,044 ha | +20.9% |
| 2006 | 953,311 ha | +20.4% |
| 2007 | 826,143 ha | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 873,295 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 914,099 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 1.41 million ha | +53.8% |
| 2011 | 1.03 million ha | -26.6% |
| 2012 | 1.16 million ha | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 1.09 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.10 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.07 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.19 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 1.15 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 1.14 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.12 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.16 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.13 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 1.14 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.10 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 1.01 million ha | -8.9% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 1.01 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 3.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Chad's 1.01 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 4.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
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
- 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 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
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
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 120 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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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.