Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 406,852 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Western 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 Western Asia is 406,852 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 1.38 million ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 280,571 ha, in 2020.
That places Western Asia 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.14 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.18 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 1.21 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 1.25 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 1.25 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 1.11 million ha | -11.4% |
| 1967 | 1.10 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 1.10 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 1.06 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 1.03 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 1.16 million ha | +12.0% |
| 1972 | 944,094 ha | -18.3% |
| 1973 | 1.03 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 1.16 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 1.31 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 1.38 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 1.07 million ha | -22.1% |
| 1978 | 955,558 ha | -10.8% |
| 1979 | 1.01 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 1.01 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 723,815 ha | -28.0% |
| 1982 | 700,936 ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 662,764 ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 649,840 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 647,679 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 645,607 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 661,432 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 725,279 ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 653,492 ha | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 656,612 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 517,605 ha | -21.2% |
| 1992 | 572,563 ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 614,532 ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 622,202 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 641,328 ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 625,092 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 624,996 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 652,287 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 536,400 ha | -17.8% |
| 2000 | 530,422 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 569,645 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 509,367 ha | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 457,649 ha | -10.2% |
| 2004 | 581,328 ha | +27.0% |
| 2005 | 662,365 ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 695,545 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 778,538 ha | +11.9% |
| 2008 | 580,501 ha | -25.4% |
| 2009 | 520,887 ha | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 611,916 ha | +17.5% |
| 2011 | 535,090 ha | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 592,883 ha | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 570,738 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 507,036 ha | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 436,318 ha | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 383,803 ha | -12.0% |
| 2017 | 369,885 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 356,285 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 375,423 ha | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 280,571 ha | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 383,815 ha | +36.8% |
| 2022 | 421,610 ha | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 416,187 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 406,852 ha | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.16 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.10 million ha | 944,094 ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 707,613 ha | 645,607 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 606,362 ha | 517,605 ha | 656,612 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 588,625 ha | 457,649 ha | 778,538 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 473,938 ha | 356,285 ha | 611,916 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 381,807 ha | 280,571 ha | 421,610 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 7 ha compare
- 15 Cameroon 740,000 ha compare
- 16 China 645,496 ha compare
- 17 China, mainland 643,496 ha compare
- 18 Argentina 626,182 ha compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 461,270 ha compare
- 20 Ghana 380,192 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 0.8791 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -4.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Western Asia was 406,852 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.38 million ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 280,571 ha in 2020.
- How does Western Asia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.