Sorghum — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sorghum — Area harvested was 643,496 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in China, mainland is 643,496 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 6.80 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 419,876 ha, in 2016.
That places China, mainland 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.36 million ha | 5.80 million ha | 6.80 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.44 million ha | 3.17 million ha | 5.22 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.23 million ha | 1.63 million ha | 2.78 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.25 million ha | 969,440 ha | 1.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 645,743 ha | 489,800 ha | 889,560 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 563,210 ha | 419,876 ha | 640,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 659,386 ha | 631,065 ha | 713,160 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 15 Cameroon 740,000 ha compare
- 16 China, People's Republic of 645,496 ha compare
- 18 Argentina 626,182 ha compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 461,270 ha compare
- 20 Ghana 380,192 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.26 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Sorghum — area harvested in China, mainland was 643,496 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 6.80 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 419,876 ha in 2016.
- How does China, mainland rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.