Sorghum — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1.69 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mali recorded 1.69 million ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Mali peaked at 1.83 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 355,000 ha, in 1971.
That places Mali 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 544,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 374,000 ha | -31.2% |
| 1965 | 363,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 403,000 ha | +11.0% |
| 1967 | 570,000 ha | +41.4% |
| 1968 | 403,000 ha | -29.3% |
| 1969 | 431,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 366,000 ha | -15.1% |
| 1971 | 355,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 362,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 403,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1974 | 443,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 451,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 570,000 ha | +26.4% |
| 1977 | 571,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 369,000 ha | -35.4% |
| 1979 | 384,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 446,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 1981 | 472,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 549,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 580,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 387,182 ha | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 424,874 ha | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 417,692 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 491,223 ha | +17.6% |
| 1988 | 679,114 ha | +38.2% |
| 1989 | 774,470 ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 808,719 ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 706,583 ha | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 933,834 ha | +32.2% |
| 1993 | 1.03 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 976,610 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 852,729 ha | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 541,185 ha | -36.5% |
| 1997 | 573,034 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 616,630 ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 733,037 ha | +18.9% |
| 2000 | 674,768 ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 702,478 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 923,403 ha | +31.4% |
| 2003 | 822,331 ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 577,021 ha | -29.8% |
| 2005 | 744,172 ha | +29.0% |
| 2006 | 917,053 ha | +23.2% |
| 2007 | 1.09 million ha | +18.9% |
| 2008 | 990,995 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 919,407 ha | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 1.26 million ha | +36.7% |
| 2011 | 1.69 million ha | +34.1% |
| 2012 | 1.25 million ha | -26.1% |
| 2013 | 1.33 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 1.20 million ha | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 1.46 million ha | +21.0% |
| 2016 | 1.56 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 1.59 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.44 million ha | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 1.50 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 1.83 million ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 1.55 million ha | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 1.64 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 1.63 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.69 million ha | +3.7% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 1.69 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 6.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mali's 1.69 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 7.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 454,222 ha | 363,000 ha | 570,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 427,400 ha | 355,000 ha | 571,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 522,196 ha | 387,182 ha | 774,470 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 777,349 ha | 541,185 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 836,187 ha | 577,021 ha | 1.09 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.43 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 1.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.67 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 4 India 4.61 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
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 1.29 million ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 6,305 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Mali?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Mali was 1.69 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1.83 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 355,000 ha in 1971.
- How does Mali rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.