Sorghum — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 28,421 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Namibia stood at 28,421 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 48,500 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 4,313 ha, in 2019.
Namibia ranks 52nd of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,556 ha | 10,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,400 ha | 20,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,800 ha | 29,000 ha | 34,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,054 ha | 18,800 ha | 48,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,960 ha | 10,917 ha | 23,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,842 ha | 4,313 ha | 36,441 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,410 ha | 22,243 ha | 28,421 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Namibia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Namibia was 28,421 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 48,500 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,313 ha in 2019.
- How does Namibia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 52nd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.