Sorghum — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Sorghum — Area harvested was 1.29 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Mexico is 1.29 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 2.18 million ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 116,693 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 10th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 442,767 ha | 116,693 ha | 883,214 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.20 million ha | 935,785 ha | 1.45 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.63 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.60 million ha | 877,663 ha | 2.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.79 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 1.97 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.62 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million ha | 1.29 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Mexico?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Mexico was 1.29 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 2.18 million ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 116,693 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 10th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.