Sorghum — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Sorghum — Area harvested was 2,413 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Cuba is 2,413 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 24,862 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 128 ha, in 2010.
That places Cuba 81st 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 Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,862 ha | +24.3% |
| 1963 | 23,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1964 | 13,000 ha | -43.5% |
| 1965 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 925 ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 1,165 ha | +25.9% |
| 1992 | 1,163 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,083 ha | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 1,624 ha | +50.0% |
| 1995 | 1,711 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 1,249 ha | -27.0% |
| 1997 | 1,002 ha | -19.8% |
| 1998 | 567 ha | -43.4% |
| 1999 | 320 ha | -43.6% |
| 2000 | 350 ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 362 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 376 ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 570 ha | +51.6% |
| 2004 | 1,382 ha | +142.5% |
| 2005 | 3,063 ha | +121.6% |
| 2006 | 2,408 ha | -21.4% |
| 2007 | 490 ha | -79.7% |
| 2008 | 275 ha | -43.9% |
| 2009 | 170 ha | -38.2% |
| 2010 | 128 ha | -24.7% |
| 2011 | 148 ha | +15.6% |
| 2012 | 1,901 ha | +1184.5% |
| 2013 | 4,303 ha | +126.4% |
| 2014 | 4,157 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 5,367 ha | +29.1% |
| 2016 | 6,302 ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 5,275 ha | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 3,996 ha | -24.2% |
| 2019 | 2,866 ha | -28.3% |
| 2020 | 1,218 ha | -57.5% |
| 2021 | 902 ha | -25.9% |
| 2022 | 2,426 ha | +169.0% |
| 2023 | 2,393 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 2,413 ha | +0.8% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 2,413 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 29% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 2,413 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 15% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +1184.5% | 148 ha | 1,901 ha |
| 2022 | +169.0% | 902 ha | 2,426 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,540 ha | 4,000 ha | 24,862 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,400 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,081 ha | 320 ha | 1,711 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 944.6 ha | 170 ha | 3,063 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,444 ha | 128 ha | 6,302 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,870 ha | 902 ha | 2,426 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Cuba?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Cuba was 2,413 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 24,862 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 128 ha in 2010.
- How does Cuba rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 81st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.