Sorghum — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Sorghum — Area harvested was 23.98 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 23.98 million ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 14.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 24.66 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.17 million ha, in 1968.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.58 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 9.60 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 9.50 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 9.39 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 9.46 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 9.58 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 10.91 million ha | +13.9% |
| 1968 | 9.17 million ha | -15.9% |
| 1969 | 10.14 million ha | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 10.43 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 10.31 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 9.79 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 9.92 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 10.28 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 11.20 million ha | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 11.39 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 11.54 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 11.38 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 10.64 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 11.43 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 12.33 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 11.68 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 11.90 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 11.69 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 14.06 million ha | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 14.24 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 12.63 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1988 | 15.33 million ha | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 13.56 million ha | -11.6% |
| 1990 | 12.74 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 14.83 million ha | +16.3% |
| 1992 | 16.44 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 14.57 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 17.26 million ha | +18.5% |
| 1995 | 15.82 million ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 17.43 million ha | +10.2% |
| 1997 | 17.73 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 17.24 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 15.38 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2000 | 14.93 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 17.66 million ha | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 16.33 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 18.58 million ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 15.08 million ha | -18.9% |
| 2005 | 21.80 million ha | +44.6% |
| 2006 | 19.41 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 19.89 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 20.08 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 20.17 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 21.34 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 22.11 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 19.45 million ha | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 22.61 million ha | +16.3% |
| 2014 | 23.48 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 20.09 million ha | -14.5% |
| 2016 | 24.66 million ha | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 21.97 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 23.93 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 22.09 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 21.47 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 22.12 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 22.79 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 21.03 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 23.98 million ha | +14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.70 million ha | 9.17 million ha | 10.91 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.69 million ha | 9.79 million ha | 11.54 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.88 million ha | 11.43 million ha | 15.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.94 million ha | 12.74 million ha | 17.73 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.39 million ha | 14.93 million ha | 21.80 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.17 million ha | 19.45 million ha | 24.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.28 million ha | 21.03 million ha | 23.98 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 Sudan 8.53 million ha compare
- 2 Sudan (former) 7.26 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 6.10 million ha compare
- 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
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 23.98 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.66 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.17 million ha in 1968.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.