Sorghum — Area harvested in South-eastern Asia
South-eastern Asia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 200,934 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in South-eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in South-eastern Asia is 200,934 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in South-eastern Asia peaked at 353,376 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 8,200 ha, in 1961.
South-eastern Asia ranks 20th 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-eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30,000 ha | +265.9% |
| 1966 | 64,000 ha | +113.3% |
| 1967 | 20,320 ha | -68.2% |
| 1968 | 29,519 ha | +45.3% |
| 1969 | 34,773 ha | +17.8% |
| 1970 | 37,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 85,430 ha | +127.8% |
| 1972 | 56,980 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 85,480 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 191,780 ha | +124.4% |
| 1975 | 176,190 ha | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 135,380 ha | -23.2% |
| 1977 | 166,597 ha | +23.1% |
| 1978 | 168,064 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 174,615 ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 244,036 ha | +39.8% |
| 1981 | 274,135 ha | +12.3% |
| 1982 | 242,208 ha | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 254,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 284,394 ha | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 291,806 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 183,780 ha | -37.0% |
| 1987 | 159,820 ha | -13.0% |
| 1988 | 173,765 ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 178,137 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 188,409 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 195,781 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 175,477 ha | -10.4% |
| 1993 | 148,603 ha | -15.3% |
| 1994 | 171,505 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 132,276 ha | -22.9% |
| 1996 | 138,680 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 353,376 ha | +154.8% |
| 1998 | 347,219 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 339,246 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 336,422 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 313,490 ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 303,888 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 282,363 ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 265,474 ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 294,118 ha | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 271,058 ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 236,247 ha | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 239,806 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 252,566 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 248,952 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 250,483 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 252,684 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 254,026 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 259,241 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 260,916 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 257,932 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 234,387 ha | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 193,563 ha | -17.4% |
| 2019 | 179,640 ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 210,682 ha | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 200,030 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 199,470 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 203,391 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 200,934 ha | -1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in South-eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +265.9% | 8,200 ha | 30,000 ha |
| 1997 | +154.8% | 138,680 ha | 353,376 ha |
| 1971 | +127.8% | 37,500 ha | 85,430 ha |
| 1974 | +124.4% | 85,480 ha | 191,780 ha |
| 1966 | +113.3% | 30,000 ha | 64,000 ha |
| 1967 | -68.2% | 64,000 ha | 20,320 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,490 ha | 8,200 ha | 64,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 127,802 ha | 37,500 ha | 191,780 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 228,638 ha | 159,820 ha | 291,806 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 219,057 ha | 132,276 ha | 353,376 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 279,543 ha | 236,247 ha | 336,422 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 239,182 ha | 179,640 ha | 260,916 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 202,901 ha | 199,470 ha | 210,682 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-eastern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in South-eastern Asia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in South-eastern Asia was 200,934 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in South-eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 353,376 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in South-eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,200 ha in 1961.
- How does South-eastern Asia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- South-eastern Asia ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in South-eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South-eastern Asia 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.