Sorghum — Area harvested in Haiti
Haiti: Sorghum — Area harvested was 24,463 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Haiti is 24,463 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 85.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Haiti peaked at 219,000 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 8,943 ha, in 2019.
That places Haiti 54th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 212,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 215,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 215,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 219,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 160,000 ha | -26.9% |
| 1974 | 145,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1975 | 140,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 130,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 151,844 ha | +16.8% |
| 1978 | 165,856 ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 156,698 ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 163,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 155,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 155,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 160,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 160,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 140,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 168,890 ha | +20.6% |
| 1987 | 169,970 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 183,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 165,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 85,000 ha | -48.5% |
| 1991 | 110,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 1992 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 130,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 120,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 120,899 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 118,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 130,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 128,621 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 130,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 128,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 115,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 138,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 115,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 120,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 157,420 ha | +31.2% |
| 2011 | 122,265 ha | -22.3% |
| 2012 | 102,694 ha | -16.0% |
| 2013 | 126,775 ha | +23.4% |
| 2014 | 164,365 ha | +29.7% |
| 2015 | 59,300 ha | -63.9% |
| 2016 | 58,674 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 193,434 ha | +229.7% |
| 2018 | 32,087 ha | -83.4% |
| 2019 | 8,943 ha | -72.1% |
| 2020 | 29,032 ha | +224.6% |
| 2021 | 31,684 ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 26,041 ha | -17.8% |
| 2023 | 25,520 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 24,463 ha | -4.1% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 24,463 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 86% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 24,463 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +229.7% | 58,674 ha | 193,434 ha |
| 2020 | +224.6% | 8,943 ha | 29,032 ha |
| 2018 | -83.4% | 193,434 ha | 32,087 ha |
| 2019 | -72.1% | 32,087 ha | 8,943 ha |
| 2015 | -63.9% | 164,365 ha | 59,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 201,333 ha | 200,000 ha | 212,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 169,840 ha | 130,000 ha | 219,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 161,986 ha | 140,000 ha | 183,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 119,252 ha | 85,000 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,600 ha | 115,000 ha | 140,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,596 ha | 8,943 ha | 193,434 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,348 ha | 24,463 ha | 31,684 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Haiti?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Haiti was 24,463 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 219,000 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,943 ha in 2019.
- How does Haiti rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Haiti ranks 54th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 85.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti 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.