Sorghum — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Sorghum — Area harvested was 13,785 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 13,785 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 82,898 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 13,612 ha, in 2021.
Honduras ranks 63rd of 120 countries on this measure, 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,387 ha | — |
| 1962 | 41,974 ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 42,610 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 41,992 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 41,057 ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 35,893 ha | -12.6% |
| 1967 | 31,279 ha | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 32,904 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 34,530 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 36,155 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 37,780 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 39,405 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 52,802 ha | +34.0% |
| 1974 | 42,655 ha | -19.2% |
| 1975 | 55,605 ha | +30.4% |
| 1976 | 60,702 ha | +9.2% |
| 1977 | 65,799 ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 66,227 ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 63,017 ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 61,907 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 58,364 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 59,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 51,057 ha | -14.6% |
| 1984 | 59,640 ha | +16.8% |
| 1985 | 43,260 ha | -27.5% |
| 1986 | 43,387 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 27,107 ha | -37.5% |
| 1988 | 59,807 ha | +120.6% |
| 1989 | 65,291 ha | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 78,834 ha | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 73,556 ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 68,138 ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 77,224 ha | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 76,538 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 74,986 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 73,748 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 73,420 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 82,238 ha | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 82,898 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 66,615 ha | -19.6% |
| 2001 | 67,288 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 57,142 ha | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 50,689 ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 51,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 57,200 ha | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 57,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 60,700 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 63,600 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 60,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 39,561 ha | -34.1% |
| 2011 | 32,268 ha | -18.4% |
| 2012 | 34,372 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 33,218 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 35,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 24,063 ha | -31.2% |
| 2016 | 19,600 ha | -18.5% |
| 2017 | 19,621 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 22,429 ha | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 18,889 ha | -15.8% |
| 2020 | 18,033 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 13,612 ha | -24.5% |
| 2022 | 13,776 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 13,782 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13,785 ha | +0.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 13,785 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 49% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 13,785 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 87% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Honduras 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +120.6% | 27,107 ha | 59,807 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,070 ha | 31,279 ha | 42,610 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,015 ha | 36,155 ha | 66,227 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,962 ha | 27,107 ha | 65,291 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,158 ha | 68,138 ha | 82,898 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,263 ha | 50,689 ha | 67,288 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,902 ha | 18,889 ha | 39,561 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,598 ha | 13,612 ha | 18,033 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Honduras?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Honduras was 13,785 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 82,898 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,612 ha in 2021.
- How does Honduras rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 63rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras 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.