Sorghum — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Sorghum — Area harvested was 2,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of stood at 2,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.8% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 27,248 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 172 ha, in 2009.
That places China, Taiwan Province of 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,150 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 3,047 ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 2,915 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 4,090 ha | +40.3% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,100 ha | -18.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 4,474 ha | +17.7% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +34.1% |
| 1973 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +31.1% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 3,500 ha | -50.0% |
| 1977 | 2,850 ha | -18.6% |
| 1978 | 3,200 ha | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 2,089 ha | -34.7% |
| 1980 | 2,689 ha | +28.7% |
| 1981 | 3,104 ha | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 3,598 ha | +15.9% |
| 1983 | 3,939 ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 7,722 ha | +96.0% |
| 1985 | 19,005 ha | +146.1% |
| 1986 | 22,694 ha | +19.4% |
| 1987 | 22,368 ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 27,248 ha | +21.8% |
| 1989 | 18,056 ha | -33.7% |
| 1990 | 25,755 ha | +42.6% |
| 1991 | 26,367 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 24,971 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 25,414 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 24,173 ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 22,964 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 13,228 ha | -42.4% |
| 1997 | 12,556 ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 10,734 ha | -14.5% |
| 1999 | 6,694 ha | -37.6% |
| 2000 | 5,396 ha | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 4,489 ha | -16.8% |
| 2002 | 3,860 ha | -14.0% |
| 2003 | 3,684 ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 2,611 ha | -29.1% |
| 2005 | 2,067 ha | -20.8% |
| 2006 | 1,460 ha | -29.4% |
| 2007 | 1,131 ha | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 649 ha | -42.6% |
| 2009 | 172 ha | -73.5% |
| 2010 | 1,750 ha | +917.4% |
| 2011 | 1,834 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 2,028 ha | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 1,970 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 2,038 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 1,882 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 2,027 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 1,969 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 1,348 ha | -31.5% |
| 2019 | 1,793 ha | +33.0% |
| 2020 | 1,778 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,910 ha | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 2,345 ha | +22.8% |
| 2023 | 2,525 ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 2,000 ha | -20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,822 ha | 2,915 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,701 ha | 2,089 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,042 ha | 2,689 ha | 27,248 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,286 ha | 6,694 ha | 26,367 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,552 ha | 172 ha | 5,396 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,864 ha | 1,348 ha | 2,038 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,112 ha | 1,778 ha | 2,525 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Sorghum — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of was 2,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 27,248 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 172 ha in 2009.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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.