Sorghum — Area harvested in South America
South America: Sorghum — Area harvested was 2.71 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 2.71 million ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 12.4% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in South America peaked at 3.22 million ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 793,347 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 11th of 28 groups on this measure, 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 793,347 ha | — |
| 1962 | 868,352 ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 838,152 ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 1.02 million ha | +21.2% |
| 1965 | 889,230 ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 1.20 million ha | +35.1% |
| 1967 | 1.12 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1968 | 1.36 million ha | +22.0% |
| 1969 | 1.55 million ha | +13.9% |
| 1970 | 2.21 million ha | +42.1% |
| 1971 | 2.53 million ha | +14.6% |
| 1972 | 1.73 million ha | -31.8% |
| 1973 | 2.69 million ha | +55.7% |
| 1974 | 2.84 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 2.34 million ha | -17.3% |
| 1976 | 2.35 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 3.10 million ha | +32.3% |
| 1978 | 2.97 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 2.73 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 1.85 million ha | -32.1% |
| 1981 | 2.75 million ha | +48.9% |
| 1982 | 3.22 million ha | +17.1% |
| 1983 | 3.20 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 3.10 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 2.69 million ha | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 2.15 million ha | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 1.92 million ha | -11.0% |
| 1988 | 1.89 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 1.41 million ha | -25.4% |
| 1990 | 1.37 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 1.45 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 1.49 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 1.37 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 1.28 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 1.13 million ha | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 1.17 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 1.33 million ha | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 1.45 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 1.42 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 1.67 million ha | +17.3% |
| 2001 | 1.54 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 1.38 million ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 1.78 million ha | +29.0% |
| 2004 | 1.84 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 1.70 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 1.66 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.64 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.86 million ha | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 1.63 million ha | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 1.80 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 2.17 million ha | +20.9% |
| 2012 | 1.94 million ha | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 2.30 million ha | +18.4% |
| 2014 | 2.08 million ha | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 1.83 million ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 1.64 million ha | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 1.69 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1.71 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.64 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 1.81 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 2.22 million ha | +22.4% |
| 2022 | 2.32 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 2.41 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 2.71 million ha | +12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.07 million ha | 793,347 ha | 1.55 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.55 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 3.10 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.42 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 3.22 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.35 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.67 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 2.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.29 million ha | 1.81 million ha | 2.71 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.51 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 10,891 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in South America?
- Sorghum — area harvested in South America was 2.71 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.22 million ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 793,347 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- South America ranks 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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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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.