Sorghum — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 3,820 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Colombia is 3,820 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.1% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 291,100 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 1,020 ha, in 2018.
That places Colombia 80th out of 131 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,994 ha | 2,100 ha | 45,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 145,940 ha | 53,600 ha | 224,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 242,160 ha | 192,300 ha | 291,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 173,668 ha | 60,324 ha | 273,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,464 ha | 26,100 ha | 85,796 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,414 ha | 1,020 ha | 17,341 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,674 ha | 1,050 ha | 4,250 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 77 Austria 5,500 ha compare
- 78 Uzbekistan 4,771 ha compare
- 79 Zambia 4,524 ha compare
- 81 Yugoslav SFR 3,814 ha compare
- 82 Syrian Arab Republic 3,582 ha compare
- 83 Oman 3,444 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture share gdp 9.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 11.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 45.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Colombia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Colombia was 3,820 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 291,100 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,020 ha in 2018.
- How does Colombia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 80th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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.