Sorghum — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested was 5.23 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 5.23 million ha.
That represents a change of up 7.7% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 5.64 million ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2.58 million ha, in 1992.
That places Eastern Africa 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.64 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.62 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 2.62 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 2.69 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 2.67 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 2.95 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 3.13 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 2.95 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 3.38 million ha | +14.8% |
| 1970 | 3.19 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 3.25 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 3.16 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 2.69 million ha | -14.7% |
| 1974 | 2.87 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 2.96 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 3.19 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 3.10 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 3.04 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 2.91 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 3.29 million ha | +13.1% |
| 1981 | 3.24 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 2.84 million ha | -12.4% |
| 1983 | 2.95 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 3.10 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 2.92 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 3.26 million ha | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 3.25 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 3.03 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 2.84 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 2.74 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 2.68 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 2.58 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 2.63 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 3.34 million ha | +26.8% |
| 1995 | 3.30 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 3.78 million ha | +14.6% |
| 1997 | 4.04 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 3.33 million ha | -17.5% |
| 1999 | 3.51 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 3.42 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 3.69 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 3.51 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 3.59 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 3.91 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 3.92 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 4.40 million ha | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 4.31 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 4.13 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 4.92 million ha | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 5.11 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 5.19 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 5.64 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 5.38 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 5.34 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 5.05 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 5.02 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 4.91 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 4.92 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 4.88 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 5.19 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 5.16 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 4.85 million ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 4.86 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 5.23 million ha | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.85 million ha | 2.62 million ha | 3.38 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.04 million ha | 2.69 million ha | 3.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.07 million ha | 2.84 million ha | 3.29 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.19 million ha | 2.58 million ha | 4.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.98 million ha | 3.42 million ha | 4.92 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.14 million ha | 4.88 million ha | 5.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.06 million ha | 4.85 million ha | 5.23 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 6 Burkina Faso 1.90 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,537 ha compare
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 1.29 million ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 6,305 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 1.02 million ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,582 ha compare
- 12 Chad 1.01 million ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 1,136 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 5.23 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.64 million ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.58 million ha in 1992.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.