Sorghum — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Sorghum — Area harvested was 3,582 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic is 3,582 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.9% on the previous year and up 399.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 9,235 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 109 ha | — |
| 1969 | 162 ha | +48.6% |
| 1970 | 108 ha | -33.3% |
| 1971 | 362 ha | +235.2% |
| 1972 | 826 ha | +128.2% |
| 1973 | 371 ha | -55.1% |
| 1974 | 517 ha | +39.4% |
| 1975 | 1,077 ha | +108.3% |
| 1976 | 883 ha | -18.0% |
| 1977 | 1,141 ha | +29.2% |
| 1978 | 1,714 ha | +50.2% |
| 1979 | 866 ha | -49.5% |
| 1980 | 2,274 ha | +162.6% |
| 1981 | 1,953 ha | -14.1% |
| 1982 | 1,905 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 932 ha | -51.1% |
| 1984 | 1,616 ha | +73.4% |
| 1985 | 1,448 ha | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 830 ha | -42.7% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 9,235 ha | +1219.3% |
| 1989 | 7,064 ha | -23.5% |
| 1990 | 7,309 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 6,905 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 7,966 ha | +15.4% |
| 1993 | 7,150 ha | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 5,681 ha | -20.5% |
| 1995 | 4,592 ha | -19.2% |
| 1996 | 6,816 ha | +48.4% |
| 1997 | 4,766 ha | -30.1% |
| 1998 | 4,645 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 3,851 ha | -17.1% |
| 2000 | 3,522 ha | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 3,717 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 3,579 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 5,133 ha | +43.4% |
| 2004 | 3,990 ha | -22.3% |
| 2005 | 4,285 ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 4,165 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 3,817 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 1,975 ha | -48.3% |
| 2009 | 2,684 ha | +35.9% |
| 2010 | 1,382 ha | -48.5% |
| 2011 | 903 ha | -34.7% |
| 2012 | 881 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 931 ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 717 ha | -23.0% |
| 2015 | 1,014 ha | +41.4% |
| 2016 | 385 ha | -62.0% |
| 2017 | 713 ha | +85.2% |
| 2018 | 535 ha | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 1,364 ha | +155.0% |
| 2020 | 702 ha | -48.5% |
| 2021 | 582 ha | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 5,345 ha | +818.4% |
| 2023 | 7,302 ha | +36.6% |
| 2024 | 3,582 ha | -50.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +1219.3% | 700 ha | 9,235 ha |
| 2022 | +818.4% | 582 ha | 5,345 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.11 ha | 0 ha | 162 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 786.5 ha | 108 ha | 1,714 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,796 ha | 700 ha | 9,235 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,968 ha | 3,851 ha | 7,966 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,687 ha | 1,975 ha | 5,133 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 882.5 ha | 385 ha | 1,382 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,503 ha | 582 ha | 7,302 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Syrian Arab Republic
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1.36 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,000 ha compare
- 10 Mexico 1.29 million ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 6,305 ha compare
- 11 South Sudan 1.02 million ha compare
- 12 Chad 1.01 million ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 1,136 ha compare
- 13 Australia 774,646 ha compare
- 13 Türkiye 12 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 774,646 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7 ha compare
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- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic was 3,582 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 9,235 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 11th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 399.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.