Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sorghum — Area harvested was 105,980 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 105,980 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 77.1% on the previous year and up 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 105,980 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 23rd of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,270 ha | +28.4% |
| 1963 | 20,007 ha | +94.8% |
| 1964 | 24,265 ha | +21.3% |
| 1965 | 29,810 ha | +22.9% |
| 1966 | 47,835 ha | +60.5% |
| 1967 | 60,845 ha | +27.2% |
| 1968 | 53,930 ha | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 53,790 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 53,600 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 56,310 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 78,600 ha | +39.6% |
| 1973 | 68,500 ha | -12.8% |
| 1974 | 69,900 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 85,600 ha | +22.5% |
| 1976 | 82,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 100,070 ha | +22.0% |
| 1978 | 93,621 ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 83,900 ha | -10.4% |
| 1980 | 73,800 ha | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 66,700 ha | -9.6% |
| 1982 | 56,800 ha | -14.8% |
| 1983 | 54,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 58,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 44,000 ha | -24.1% |
| 1986 | 46,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 35,700 ha | -22.4% |
| 1988 | 44,056 ha | +23.4% |
| 1989 | 71,470 ha | +62.2% |
| 1990 | 66,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 71,335 ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 100,327 ha | +40.6% |
| 1993 | 81,879 ha | -18.4% |
| 1994 | 47,423 ha | -42.1% |
| 1995 | 45,103 ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 54,024 ha | +19.8% |
| 1997 | 67,768 ha | +25.4% |
| 1998 | 63,844 ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 51,497 ha | -19.3% |
| 2000 | 59,576 ha | +15.7% |
| 2001 | 67,661 ha | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 71,231 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 60,996 ha | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 47,976 ha | -21.3% |
| 2005 | 51,166 ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 55,421 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 49,174 ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 37,157 ha | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 57,954 ha | +56.0% |
| 2010 | 53,036 ha | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 44,551 ha | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 43,385 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 53,195 ha | +22.6% |
| 2014 | 65,658 ha | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 56,707 ha | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 50,726 ha | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 59,232 ha | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 64,300 ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 87,030 ha | +35.3% |
| 2020 | 98,220 ha | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 71,870 ha | -26.8% |
| 2022 | 53,410 ha | -25.7% |
| 2023 | 59,830 ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 105,980 ha | +77.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,306 ha | 8,000 ha | 60,845 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 77,210 ha | 53,600 ha | 100,070 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,053 ha | 35,700 ha | 73,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,920 ha | 45,103 ha | 100,327 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,831 ha | 37,157 ha | 71,231 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,782 ha | 43,385 ha | 87,030 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,862 ha | 53,410 ha | 105,980 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 7,060 ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,867 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 97,900 t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 16,128 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 2.94 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 10,570 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,919 g/An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 12.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Western Europe was 105,980 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 105,980 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.