Sorghum — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sorghum — Area harvested was 225,480 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 225,480 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.3% on the previous year and up 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 225,480 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35,015 ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 19th 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,015 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,734 ha | +44.9% |
| 1963 | 75,322 ha | +48.5% |
| 1964 | 98,254 ha | +30.4% |
| 1965 | 82,703 ha | -15.8% |
| 1966 | 116,973 ha | +41.4% |
| 1967 | 119,575 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 108,964 ha | -8.9% |
| 1969 | 127,148 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 122,531 ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 112,780 ha | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 139,981 ha | +24.1% |
| 1973 | 124,960 ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 116,448 ha | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 149,567 ha | +28.4% |
| 1976 | 199,439 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 174,966 ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 194,830 ha | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 162,995 ha | -16.3% |
| 1980 | 155,133 ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 139,816 ha | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 127,376 ha | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 123,985 ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 124,884 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 93,517 ha | -25.1% |
| 1986 | 91,809 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 88,639 ha | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 106,920 ha | +20.6% |
| 1989 | 148,125 ha | +38.5% |
| 1990 | 131,016 ha | -11.6% |
| 1991 | 143,613 ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 167,391 ha | +16.6% |
| 1993 | 144,739 ha | -13.5% |
| 1994 | 126,071 ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 101,111 ha | -19.8% |
| 1996 | 115,694 ha | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 119,525 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 120,506 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 101,909 ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 112,646 ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 122,479 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 122,540 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 110,658 ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 106,151 ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 96,734 ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 106,074 ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 98,385 ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 96,709 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 115,771 ha | +19.7% |
| 2010 | 118,261 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 119,281 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 120,288 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 144,636 ha | +20.2% |
| 2014 | 154,603 ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 135,603 ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 120,636 ha | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 132,172 ha | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 147,550 ha | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 190,020 ha | +28.8% |
| 2020 | 195,740 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 151,700 ha | -22.5% |
| 2022 | 127,490 ha | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 156,270 ha | +22.6% |
| 2024 | 225,480 ha | +44.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,521 ha | 35,015 ha | 127,148 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 149,850 ha | 112,780 ha | 199,439 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 120,020 ha | 88,639 ha | 155,133 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 127,158 ha | 101,111 ha | 167,391 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 108,815 ha | 96,709 ha | 122,540 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 138,305 ha | 118,261 ha | 190,020 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 171,336 ha | 127,490 ha | 225,480 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Sorghum — area harvested in European Union (27) was 225,480 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 225,480 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,015 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 19th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.