Sorghum — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Sorghum — Area harvested was 61,774 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Small island developing States (SIDS) recorded 61,774 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 67.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 230,965 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 43,367 ha, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 224,475 ha | — |
| 1962 | 230,068 ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 228,618 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 218,947 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 219,274 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 220,419 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 218,187 ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 215,918 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 225,622 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 227,904 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 227,082 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 230,965 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 173,714 ha | -24.8% |
| 1974 | 159,793 ha | -8.0% |
| 1975 | 157,141 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 148,335 ha | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 174,193 ha | +17.4% |
| 1978 | 193,209 ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 191,907 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 197,967 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 193,915 ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 204,717 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 211,446 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 210,623 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 183,884 ha | -12.7% |
| 1986 | 211,805 ha | +15.2% |
| 1987 | 204,090 ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 208,255 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 197,174 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 109,458 ha | -44.5% |
| 1991 | 134,955 ha | +23.3% |
| 1992 | 142,800 ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 156,637 ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 145,800 ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 150,086 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 151,441 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 157,511 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 147,919 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 152,832 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 172,475 ha | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 155,065 ha | -10.1% |
| 2002 | 138,661 ha | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 136,072 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 142,134 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 148,448 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 142,267 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 159,496 ha | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 136,350 ha | -14.5% |
| 2009 | 145,393 ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 184,823 ha | +27.1% |
| 2011 | 150,437 ha | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 138,264 ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 168,874 ha | +22.1% |
| 2014 | 189,250 ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 88,946 ha | -53.0% |
| 2016 | 87,898 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 226,123 ha | +157.3% |
| 2018 | 61,529 ha | -72.8% |
| 2019 | 43,367 ha | -29.5% |
| 2020 | 60,140 ha | +38.7% |
| 2021 | 64,499 ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 55,960 ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 58,227 ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 61,774 ha | +6.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +157.3% | 87,898 ha | 226,123 ha |
| 2018 | -72.8% | 226,123 ha | 61,529 ha |
| 2015 | -53.0% | 189,250 ha | 88,946 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222,392 ha | 215,918 ha | 230,068 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 188,424 ha | 148,335 ha | 230,965 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 202,388 ha | 183,884 ha | 211,805 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 144,944 ha | 109,458 ha | 157,511 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 147,636 ha | 136,072 ha | 172,475 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 133,951 ha | 43,367 ha | 226,123 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,120 ha | 55,960 ha | 64,499 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 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
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 5.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 14.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 7.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 13.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 61,774 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 230,965 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,367 ha in 2019.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 6th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.