Sorghum — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested was 109,981 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 109,981 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 909,186 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 101,856 ha, in 2023.
Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 618,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 399,000 ha | -35.4% |
| 1963 | 626,000 ha | +56.9% |
| 1964 | 494,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1965 | 592,507 ha | +19.9% |
| 1966 | 596,194 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 909,186 ha | +52.5% |
| 1968 | 420,895 ha | -53.7% |
| 1969 | 460,076 ha | +9.3% |
| 1970 | 573,271 ha | +24.6% |
| 1971 | 649,723 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 471,116 ha | -27.5% |
| 1973 | 369,554 ha | -21.6% |
| 1974 | 526,027 ha | +42.3% |
| 1975 | 437,228 ha | -16.9% |
| 1976 | 386,065 ha | -11.7% |
| 1977 | 453,492 ha | +17.5% |
| 1978 | 442,287 ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 373,842 ha | -15.5% |
| 1980 | 487,021 ha | +30.3% |
| 1981 | 432,984 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 333,512 ha | -23.0% |
| 1983 | 360,461 ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 461,140 ha | +27.9% |
| 1985 | 545,887 ha | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 570,929 ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 619,809 ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 680,902 ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 504,663 ha | -25.9% |
| 1990 | 419,363 ha | -16.9% |
| 1991 | 309,491 ha | -26.2% |
| 1992 | 301,197 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 383,018 ha | +27.2% |
| 1994 | 516,150 ha | +34.8% |
| 1995 | 290,288 ha | -43.8% |
| 1996 | 418,782 ha | +44.3% |
| 1997 | 291,989 ha | -30.3% |
| 1998 | 194,530 ha | -33.4% |
| 1999 | 197,412 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 222,596 ha | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 202,233 ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 163,618 ha | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 222,259 ha | +35.8% |
| 2004 | 234,549 ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 181,369 ha | -22.7% |
| 2006 | 147,287 ha | -18.8% |
| 2007 | 175,644 ha | +19.3% |
| 2008 | 176,726 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 181,868 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 198,739 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 158,782 ha | -20.1% |
| 2012 | 125,690 ha | -20.8% |
| 2013 | 141,921 ha | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 188,547 ha | +32.9% |
| 2015 | 195,060 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 139,797 ha | -28.3% |
| 2017 | 127,589 ha | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 249,683 ha | +95.7% |
| 2019 | 153,777 ha | -38.4% |
| 2020 | 173,809 ha | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 109,071 ha | -37.2% |
| 2022 | 112,847 ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 101,856 ha | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 109,981 ha | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 568,429 ha | 399,000 ha | 909,186 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 468,260 ha | 369,554 ha | 649,723 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 499,731 ha | 333,512 ha | 680,902 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 332,222 ha | 194,530 ha | 516,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 190,815 ha | 147,287 ha | 234,549 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 167,958 ha | 125,690 ha | 249,683 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 121,513 ha | 101,856 ha | 173,809 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Southern Africa was 109,981 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 909,186 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 101,856 ha in 2023.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.