Sorghum — Area harvested in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Sorghum — Area harvested was 19,334 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 19,334 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.8% on the previous year and up 1,332.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Kazakhstan peaked at 19,904 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 29 ha, in 2000.
That places Kazakhstan 58th 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 Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 850 ha | — |
| 1993 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 100 ha | -85.7% |
| 1996 | 38 ha | -62.0% |
| 1997 | 48 ha | +26.3% |
| 1998 | 39 ha | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 40 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 29 ha | -27.5% |
| 2001 | 94 ha | +224.1% |
| 2002 | 234 ha | +148.9% |
| 2003 | 300 ha | +28.2% |
| 2004 | 332 ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 300 ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 109 ha | -63.7% |
| 2007 | 50 ha | -54.1% |
| 2008 | 62 ha | +24.0% |
| 2009 | 40 ha | -35.5% |
| 2010 | 200 ha | +400.0% |
| 2011 | 100 ha | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 800 ha | +700.0% |
| 2013 | 1,789 ha | +123.6% |
| 2014 | 1,350 ha | -24.5% |
| 2015 | 2,458 ha | +82.1% |
| 2016 | 6,878 ha | +179.8% |
| 2017 | 6,319 ha | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 2,952 ha | -53.3% |
| 2019 | 8,287 ha | +180.7% |
| 2020 | 7,828 ha | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 9,058 ha | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 19,904 ha | +119.7% |
| 2023 | 15,615 ha | -21.5% |
| 2024 | 19,334 ha | +23.8% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 19,334 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 2.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 19,334 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,750 ha, 11.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Kazakhstan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +700.0% | 100 ha | 800 ha |
| 2010 | +400.0% | 40 ha | 200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 326.88 ha | 38 ha | 850 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 155 ha | 29 ha | 332 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,113 ha | 100 ha | 8,287 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,348 ha | 7,828 ha | 19,904 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0374 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 550.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Kazakhstan?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Kazakhstan was 19,334 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 19,904 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 29 ha in 2000.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Kazakhstan ranks 58th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,332.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.