Sorghum — Area harvested in China
China: Sorghum — Area harvested was 645,496 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in China stood at 645,496 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in China peaked at 6.80 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 421,903 ha, in 2016.
China ranks 18th of 131 countries on this measure, 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 | 6.37 million ha | 5.80 million ha | 6.80 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.45 million ha | 3.17 million ha | 5.22 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.25 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 2.79 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.27 million ha | 980,174 ha | 1.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 648,295 ha | 490,449 ha | 894,956 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 565,074 ha | 421,903 ha | 642,193 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 661,498 ha | 633,590 ha | 715,070 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 15 United Republic of Tanzania 750,000 ha compare
- 16 Cameroon 740,000 ha compare
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 648,842 ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 643,496 ha compare
- 20 Argentina 626,182 ha compare
- 21 Ethiopia PDR 461,270 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in China?
- Sorghum — area harvested in China was 645,496 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 6.80 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 421,903 ha in 2016.
- How does China rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- China ranks 18th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.