Sorghum — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sorghum — Area harvested was 45,563 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Pakistan stood at 45,563 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 76.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 594,000 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 45,563 ha, in 2024.
That places Pakistan 44th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 513,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 486,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 467,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 585,000 ha | +25.3% |
| 1965 | 594,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 558,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 584,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 473,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 1969 | 490,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 558,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 1971 | 507,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 500,184 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 589,335 ha | +17.8% |
| 1974 | 445,280 ha | -24.4% |
| 1975 | 475,754 ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 446,940 ha | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 519,485 ha | +16.2% |
| 1978 | 469,200 ha | -9.7% |
| 1979 | 423,400 ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 393,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 392,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 389,700 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 390,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 394,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 372,400 ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 399,200 ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 319,800 ha | -19.9% |
| 1988 | 431,200 ha | +34.8% |
| 1989 | 440,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 416,500 ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 382,700 ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 403,400 ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 364,700 ha | -9.6% |
| 1994 | 438,200 ha | +20.2% |
| 1995 | 417,800 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 369,600 ha | -11.5% |
| 1997 | 390,300 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 382,700 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 357,400 ha | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 353,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 357,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 338,100 ha | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 392,500 ha | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 307,500 ha | -21.7% |
| 2005 | 254,400 ha | -17.3% |
| 2006 | 291,600 ha | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 281,400 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 262,700 ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 248,400 ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 228,796 ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 213,500 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 197,800 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 198,634 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 194,773 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 273,569 ha | +40.5% |
| 2016 | 256,384 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 255,382 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 241,370 ha | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 199,026 ha | -17.5% |
| 2020 | 125,571 ha | -36.9% |
| 2021 | 76,527 ha | -39.1% |
| 2022 | 59,424 ha | -22.3% |
| 2023 | 46,697 ha | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 45,563 ha | -2.4% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 45,563 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 45,563 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,353 ha, 19.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 527,778 ha | 467,000 ha | 594,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 493,458 ha | 423,400 ha | 589,335 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 392,390 ha | 319,800 ha | 440,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 392,330 ha | 357,400 ha | 438,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 308,780 ha | 248,400 ha | 392,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 225,923 ha | 194,773 ha | 273,569 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,756 ha | 45,563 ha | 125,571 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 41 Saudi Arabia 60,475 ha compare
- 42 Sierra Leone 60,000 ha compare
- 43 Burundi 49,750 ha compare
- 45 Guinea 45,000 ha compare
- 46 Italy 43,280 ha compare
- 47 South Africa 42,100 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Pakistan was 45,563 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 594,000 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,563 ha in 2024.
- How does Pakistan rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 44th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.