Sorghum — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Sorghum — Area harvested was 376 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Panama stood at 376 ha.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 72.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Panama peaked at 12,654 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Panama ranks 90th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1980 | 8,810 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 8,808 ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,500 ha | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 10,182 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 11,592 ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 9,172 ha | -20.9% |
| 1987 | 10,061 ha | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 10,164 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 12,654 ha | +24.5% |
| 1990 | 8,718 ha | -31.1% |
| 1991 | 9,703 ha | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 7,000 ha | -27.9% |
| 1993 | 5,095 ha | -27.2% |
| 1994 | 5,141 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 8,000 ha | +55.6% |
| 1996 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | -93.8% |
| 1999 | 560 ha | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 458 ha | -18.2% |
| 2001 | 902 ha | +96.9% |
| 2002 | 906 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,370 ha | +161.6% |
| 2004 | 1,703 ha | -28.1% |
| 2005 | 2,983 ha | +75.2% |
| 2006 | 1,038 ha | -65.2% |
| 2007 | 1,384 ha | +33.3% |
| 2008 | 2,326 ha | +68.1% |
| 2009 | 1,486 ha | -36.1% |
| 2010 | 1,324 ha | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 1,079 ha | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 1,073 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,137 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 1,352 ha | +18.9% |
| 2015 | 962 ha | -28.8% |
| 2016 | 273 ha | -71.6% |
| 2017 | 226 ha | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 95 ha | -58.0% |
| 2019 | 846 ha | +790.5% |
| 2020 | 799 ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 172 ha | -78.5% |
| 2022 | 435 ha | +152.9% |
| 2023 | 397 ha | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 376 ha | -5.3% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 376 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,063 ha, 35% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Panama's 376 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 2% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +790.5% | 95 ha | 846 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 850 ha | 0 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,094 ha | 8,808 ha | 12,654 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,272 ha | 500 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,556 ha | 458 ha | 2,983 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 836.7 ha | 95 ha | 1,352 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 435.8 ha | 172 ha | 799 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 87 Republic of Korea 1,632 ha compare
- 88 Papua New Guinea 1,129 ha compare
- 89 Eswatini 1,000 ha compare
- 91 Lebanon 299 ha compare
- 92 Dominican Republic 219 ha compare
- 93 Algeria 178 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Panama?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Panama was 376 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 12,654 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Panama rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 90th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Panama 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.