Sorghum — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Sorghum — Area harvested was 270,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Eritrea stood at 270,000 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 294,000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 130,072 ha, in 1995.
Eritrea ranks 24th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 140,300 ha | — |
| 1994 | 131,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 130,072 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 159,126 ha | +22.3% |
| 1997 | 195,140 ha | +22.6% |
| 1998 | 236,231 ha | +21.1% |
| 1999 | 236,372 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 150,558 ha | -36.3% |
| 2001 | 165,821 ha | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 182,058 ha | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 200,933 ha | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 211,756 ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 232,573 ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 279,523 ha | +20.2% |
| 2007 | 282,909 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 249,286 ha | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 250,971 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 250,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 294,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 260,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 264,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 269,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 270,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 270,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 270,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -36.3% | 236,372 ha | 150,558 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 175,463 ha | 130,072 ha | 236,372 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 220,639 ha | 150,558 ha | 282,909 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 268,700 ha | 250,000 ha | 294,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 270,000 ha | 270,000 ha | 270,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Eritrea was 270,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 294,000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 130,072 ha in 1995.
- How does Eritrea rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.