Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested was 14.77 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 14.77 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 14.81 million ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5.40 million ha, in 1981.
That places Western Africa 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.15 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.41 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 7.82 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 7.93 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 8.44 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 7.27 million ha | -13.8% |
| 1967 | 7.82 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 7.63 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 10.63 million ha | +39.3% |
| 1970 | 8.45 million ha | -20.5% |
| 1971 | 8.07 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 6.41 million ha | -20.5% |
| 1973 | 7.74 million ha | +20.8% |
| 1974 | 7.52 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 5.69 million ha | -24.4% |
| 1976 | 7.69 million ha | +35.3% |
| 1977 | 6.38 million ha | -17.0% |
| 1978 | 6.39 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 5.62 million ha | -11.9% |
| 1980 | 6.25 million ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 5.40 million ha | -13.6% |
| 1982 | 5.78 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 5.74 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 7.69 million ha | +34.0% |
| 1985 | 8.42 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 8.81 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 9.01 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 9.15 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 9.71 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 9.44 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 10.74 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1992 | 11.26 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 11.09 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 11.13 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 11.53 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 11.43 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 11.54 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 12.09 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 12.03 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 12.06 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 12.40 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 12.65 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 12.70 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 12.37 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 13.09 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 13.43 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 14.42 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 14.81 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 11.07 million ha | -25.2% |
| 2010 | 12.71 million ha | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 11.89 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 12.47 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 13.25 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 13.12 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 13.46 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 13.65 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 14.11 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 14.42 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 13.92 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 14.50 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 14.24 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 14.59 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 14.17 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 14.77 million ha | +4.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +39.3% | 7.63 million ha | 10.63 million ha |
| 1976 | +35.3% | 5.69 million ha | 7.69 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.01 million ha | 7.15 million ha | 10.63 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.00 million ha | 5.62 million ha | 8.45 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.60 million ha | 5.40 million ha | 9.71 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.23 million ha | 9.44 million ha | 12.09 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.90 million ha | 11.07 million ha | 14.81 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.30 million ha | 11.89 million ha | 14.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.45 million ha | 14.17 million ha | 14.77 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 2 Sudan (former) 7.26 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 6.10 million ha compare
- 4 India 4.61 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 750,000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 648,842 ha compare
- 5 Niger 3.43 million ha compare
- 6 Burkina Faso 1.90 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,537 ha compare
- 7 Mali 1.69 million ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia 1.65 million ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18,695 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Western Africa was 14.77 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14.81 million ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.40 million ha in 1981.
- How does Western Africa rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.