Sorghum — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 1,000 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 30,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 520 ha, in 2009.
That places Eswatini 89th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1965 | 9,307 ha | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 8,094 ha | -13.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,851 ha | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 8,903 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 2,766 ha | -68.9% |
| 1972 | 2,898 ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 3,554 ha | +22.6% |
| 1974 | 2,760 ha | -22.3% |
| 1975 | 3,454 ha | +25.1% |
| 1976 | 2,826 ha | -18.2% |
| 1977 | 1,007 ha | -64.4% |
| 1978 | 1,007 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,287 ha | +127.1% |
| 1980 | 2,288 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,568 ha | -31.5% |
| 1982 | 2,168 ha | +38.3% |
| 1983 | 1,124 ha | -48.2% |
| 1984 | 2,358 ha | +109.8% |
| 1985 | 1,428 ha | -39.4% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +40.1% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1988 | 747 ha | -25.3% |
| 1989 | 964 ha | +29.0% |
| 1990 | 887 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 790 ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | +85.7% |
| 1995 | 1,989 ha | +53.0% |
| 1996 | 1,400 ha | -29.6% |
| 1997 | 1,062 ha | -24.1% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 934 ha | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 960 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 919 ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 894 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 901 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 877 ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 848 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 808 ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 739 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 539 ha | -27.1% |
| 2009 | 520 ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 861 ha | +65.6% |
| 2011 | 991 ha | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 1,120 ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 1,438 ha | +28.4% |
| 2014 | 1,449 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,450 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,455 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,353 ha | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 1,211 ha | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 1,187 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 2021 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 1,000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 4% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 1,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 0% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +127.1% | 1,007 ha | 2,287 ha |
| 1984 | +109.8% | 1,124 ha | 2,358 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,250 ha | 8,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,146 ha | 1,007 ha | 8,903 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,564 ha | 747 ha | 2,358 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,086 ha | 700 ha | 1,989 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 800.5 ha | 520 ha | 960 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,252 ha | 861 ha | 1,455 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Eswatini was 1,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 520 ha in 2009.
- How does Eswatini rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 89th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.