Sorghum — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sorghum — Area harvested was 54,244 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Southern Europe is 54,244 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 98,745 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 39,167 ha, in 2003.
That places Southern Europe 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,497 ha | — |
| 1962 | 43,808 ha | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 51,650 ha | +17.9% |
| 1964 | 71,671 ha | +38.8% |
| 1965 | 51,619 ha | -28.0% |
| 1966 | 66,220 ha | +28.3% |
| 1967 | 61,715 ha | -6.8% |
| 1968 | 80,028 ha | +29.7% |
| 1969 | 98,745 ha | +23.4% |
| 1970 | 93,319 ha | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 72,269 ha | -22.6% |
| 1972 | 78,225 ha | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 84,169 ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 73,898 ha | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 72,186 ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 74,773 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 83,462 ha | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 94,718 ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 88,172 ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 83,324 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 82,088 ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 79,833 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 76,017 ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 75,070 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 69,985 ha | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 66,899 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 60,575 ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 70,943 ha | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 75,220 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 64,185 ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 65,652 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 65,584 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 45,462 ha | -30.7% |
| 1994 | 62,247 ha | +36.9% |
| 1995 | 43,495 ha | -30.1% |
| 1996 | 47,275 ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 42,185 ha | -10.8% |
| 1998 | 43,419 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 42,727 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 46,154 ha | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 45,713 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 44,308 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 39,167 ha | -11.6% |
| 2004 | 44,306 ha | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 41,388 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 46,761 ha | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 44,045 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 48,538 ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 50,475 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 50,813 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 53,644 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 49,289 ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 63,312 ha | +28.5% |
| 2014 | 61,589 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 56,758 ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 54,856 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 50,656 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 50,911 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 58,519 ha | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 63,163 ha | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 46,921 ha | -25.7% |
| 2022 | 45,804 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 52,689 ha | +15.0% |
| 2024 | 54,244 ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,884 ha | 40,497 ha | 98,745 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81,519 ha | 72,186 ha | 94,718 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,995 ha | 60,575 ha | 83,324 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,223 ha | 42,185 ha | 65,652 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,086 ha | 39,167 ha | 50,475 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,035 ha | 49,289 ha | 63,312 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,564 ha | 45,804 ha | 63,163 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Southern Europe was 54,244 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 98,745 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,167 ha in 2003.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.