Sorghum — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Sorghum — Area harvested was 43,280 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 43,280 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Italy peaked at 52,910 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,151 ha, in 1972.
That places Italy 46th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,719 ha | +43.0% |
| 1963 | 5,780 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 6,228 ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 5,814 ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 6,087 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 5,769 ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 5,575 ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 6,273 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 5,017 ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 3,073 ha | -38.7% |
| 1972 | 2,151 ha | -30.0% |
| 1973 | 3,373 ha | +56.8% |
| 1974 | 3,209 ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 3,486 ha | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 4,154 ha | +19.2% |
| 1977 | 9,335 ha | +124.7% |
| 1978 | 9,530 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 11,247 ha | +18.0% |
| 1980 | 13,590 ha | +20.8% |
| 1981 | 17,893 ha | +31.7% |
| 1982 | 20,770 ha | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 24,699 ha | +18.9% |
| 1984 | 22,820 ha | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 14,979 ha | -34.4% |
| 1986 | 13,038 ha | -13.0% |
| 1987 | 14,339 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 20,153 ha | +40.5% |
| 1989 | 21,791 ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 23,676 ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 27,138 ha | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 30,165 ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 38,000 ha | +26.0% |
| 1994 | 39,393 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 34,417 ha | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 35,331 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 30,193 ha | -14.5% |
| 1998 | 29,061 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 31,473 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 34,581 ha | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 34,491 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 34,079 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 30,543 ha | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 34,273 ha | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 31,578 ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 38,735 ha | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 34,046 ha | -12.1% |
| 2008 | 38,920 ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 39,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 40,700 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 42,200 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 38,637 ha | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 51,066 ha | +32.2% |
| 2014 | 51,586 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 45,374 ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 43,840 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 40,901 ha | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 39,600 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 46,800 ha | +18.2% |
| 2020 | 52,910 ha | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 37,540 ha | -29.0% |
| 2022 | 36,050 ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 41,090 ha | +14.0% |
| 2024 | 43,280 ha | +5.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 43,280 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,063 ha, 40.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Italy's 43,280 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,750 ha, 24.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +124.7% | 4,154 ha | 9,335 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,694 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,273 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,458 ha | 2,151 ha | 11,247 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,407 ha | 13,038 ha | 24,699 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,885 ha | 23,676 ha | 39,393 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,115 ha | 30,543 ha | 39,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,070 ha | 38,637 ha | 51,586 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,174 ha | 36,050 ha | 52,910 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Italy?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Italy was 43,280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 52,910 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,151 ha in 1972.
- How does Italy rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 46th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.