Sorghum — Area harvested in Oceania
Oceania: Sorghum — Area harvested was 775,789 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Oceania recorded 775,789 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 45.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Oceania peaked at 942,566 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 103,387 ha, in 1961.
That places Oceania 15th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Oceania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,387 ha | — |
| 1962 | 146,963 ha | +42.1% |
| 1963 | 158,575 ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 148,332 ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 140,177 ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 175,811 ha | +25.4% |
| 1967 | 203,979 ha | +16.0% |
| 1968 | 187,814 ha | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 210,718 ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 359,746 ha | +70.7% |
| 1971 | 553,187 ha | +53.8% |
| 1972 | 639,364 ha | +15.6% |
| 1973 | 697,875 ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 540,429 ha | -22.6% |
| 1975 | 512,522 ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 505,073 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 534,161 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 396,050 ha | -25.9% |
| 1979 | 470,095 ha | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 520,626 ha | +10.7% |
| 1981 | 659,901 ha | +26.8% |
| 1982 | 650,802 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 707,570 ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 731,020 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 723,683 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 734,714 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 818,714 ha | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 745,358 ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 625,299 ha | -16.1% |
| 1990 | 380,316 ha | -39.2% |
| 1991 | 378,236 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 569,710 ha | +50.6% |
| 1993 | 427,644 ha | -24.9% |
| 1994 | 500,254 ha | +17.0% |
| 1995 | 687,130 ha | +37.4% |
| 1996 | 770,845 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 545,076 ha | -29.3% |
| 1998 | 508,142 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 588,154 ha | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 623,421 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 758,943 ha | +21.7% |
| 2002 | 823,991 ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 667,882 ha | -18.9% |
| 2004 | 735,429 ha | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 756,251 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 767,980 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 614,657 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 942,566 ha | +53.3% |
| 2009 | 768,102 ha | -18.5% |
| 2010 | 498,979 ha | -35.0% |
| 2011 | 634,229 ha | +27.1% |
| 2012 | 660,430 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 649,030 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 533,335 ha | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 734,320 ha | +37.7% |
| 2016 | 522,175 ha | -28.9% |
| 2017 | 369,385 ha | -29.3% |
| 2018 | 463,567 ha | +25.5% |
| 2019 | 551,410 ha | +18.9% |
| 2020 | 205,240 ha | -62.8% |
| 2021 | 573,743 ha | +179.5% |
| 2022 | 622,643 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 704,582 ha | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 775,789 ha | +10.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Oceania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +179.5% | 205,240 ha | 573,743 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,973 ha | 103,387 ha | 210,718 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 520,850 ha | 359,746 ha | 697,875 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 691,769 ha | 520,626 ha | 818,714 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 535,551 ha | 378,236 ha | 770,845 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 745,922 ha | 614,657 ha | 942,566 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 561,686 ha | 369,385 ha | 734,320 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 576,399 ha | 205,240 ha | 775,789 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 12 Chad 1.01 million ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 1,136 ha compare
- 13 Australia 774,646 ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 12 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 774,646 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 7 ha compare
- 15 Cameroon 740,000 ha compare
- 16 China 645,496 ha compare
- 17 China, mainland 643,496 ha compare
- 18 Argentina 626,182 ha compare
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- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production, annual growth rate 42.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 38.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production, annual growth rate 8.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, annual growth rate 0.0734 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual 11.04 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Oceania?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Oceania was 775,789 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 942,566 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,387 ha in 1961.
- How does Oceania rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Oceania ranks 15th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania 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.