Sorghum — Area harvested in India
India: Sorghum — Area harvested was 4.61 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in India is 4.61 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 34.0% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in India peaked at 18.73 million ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 3.44 million ha, in 2023.
India ranks 4th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18.25 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 18.41 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 18.38 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 18.06 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 17.68 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 18.05 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 18.42 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 18.73 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 18.60 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 17.37 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 16.78 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 15.51 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 16.72 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 16.19 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 16.09 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 15.77 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 16.32 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 16.15 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 16.67 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 15.81 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 16.60 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 16.38 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 16.43 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 15.94 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 16.10 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 15.95 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 16.00 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 14.60 million ha | -8.8% |
| 1989 | 14.84 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 14.36 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 13.31 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 12.44 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 12.25 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 11.82 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 11.25 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 11.40 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 10.88 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 10.64 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 9.58 million ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 10.29 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 9.47 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 9.57 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 9.52 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 8.97 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 8.76 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 8.64 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 8.23 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 7.16 million ha | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 7.88 million ha | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 7.62 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 6.93 million ha | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 6.05 million ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 6.07 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 5.78 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 6.03 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 6.00 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 5.62 million ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 4.72 million ha | -16.1% |
| 2019 | 4.09 million ha | -13.3% |
| 2020 | 4.71 million ha | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 4.20 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 3.72 million ha | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 3.44 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 4.61 million ha | +34.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 4.61 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 162.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +34.0% | 3.44 million ha | 4.61 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.29 million ha | 17.68 million ha | 18.73 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.36 million ha | 15.51 million ha | 17.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.86 million ha | 14.60 million ha | 16.60 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.79 million ha | 9.58 million ha | 14.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.85 million ha | 7.16 million ha | 10.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.89 million ha | 4.09 million ha | 7.62 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.14 million ha | 3.44 million ha | 4.71 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 Sudan 8.53 million ha compare
- 2 Sudan (former) 7.26 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 6.10 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 750,000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 648,842 ha compare
- 5 Niger 3.43 million ha compare
- 6 Burkina Faso 1.90 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,537 ha compare
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in India?
- Sorghum — area harvested in India was 4.61 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 18.73 million ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.44 million ha in 2023.
- How does India rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- India ranks 4th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.