Sorghum — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 250,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Somalia is 250,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 621,200 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 169,245 ha, in 2016.
That places Somalia 27th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 383,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 380,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 387,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 384,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 380,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 380,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 397,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 380,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 382,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 360,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 340,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 500,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 1973 | 300,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1974 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 400,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1976 | 490,000 ha | +22.5% |
| 1977 | 458,300 ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 420,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1979 | 460,800 ha | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 456,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 517,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1982 | 540,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 335,500 ha | -37.9% |
| 1984 | 544,700 ha | +62.4% |
| 1985 | 447,000 ha | -17.9% |
| 1986 | 385,000 ha | -13.9% |
| 1987 | 516,200 ha | +34.1% |
| 1988 | 570,300 ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 550,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 450,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 350,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1992 | 300,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 280,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 621,200 ha | +121.9% |
| 1995 | 396,577 ha | -36.2% |
| 1996 | 326,688 ha | -17.6% |
| 1997 | 442,957 ha | +35.6% |
| 1998 | 239,560 ha | -45.9% |
| 1999 | 277,740 ha | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 349,593 ha | +25.9% |
| 2001 | 323,270 ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 368,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 383,635 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 440,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 370,704 ha | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 427,000 ha | +15.2% |
| 2007 | 230,000 ha | -46.1% |
| 2008 | 324,000 ha | +40.9% |
| 2009 | 463,682 ha | +43.1% |
| 2010 | 526,561 ha | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 219,837 ha | -58.3% |
| 2012 | 238,052 ha | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 270,144 ha | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 274,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 253,272 ha | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 169,245 ha | -33.2% |
| 2017 | 241,000 ha | +42.4% |
| 2018 | 234,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 250,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 250,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 96% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 250,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +121.9% | 280,000 ha | 621,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 383,667 ha | 380,000 ha | 397,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 402,920 ha | 300,000 ha | 500,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 486,250 ha | 335,500 ha | 570,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 368,472 ha | 239,560 ha | 621,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 367,988 ha | 230,000 ha | 463,682 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 267,631 ha | 169,245 ha | 526,561 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 250,000 ha | 250,000 ha | 250,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Somalia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Somalia was 250,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 621,200 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 169,245 ha in 2016.
- How does Somalia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 27th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.