Wheat — Area harvested in Sudan (former)
Sudan (former): Wheat — Area harvested was 182,700 ha in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Sudan (former), 1961–2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Sudan (former) is 182,700 ha, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.7% on the previous year and up 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Sudan (former) peaked at 462,928 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 16,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Sudan (former) 60th out of 124 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Sudan (former), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,181 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 22,692 ha | +32.1% |
| 1964 | 23,331 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 56,957 ha | +144.1% |
| 1966 | 57,321 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 72,465 ha | +26.4% |
| 1968 | 89,389 ha | +23.4% |
| 1969 | 110,270 ha | +23.4% |
| 1970 | 121,907 ha | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 121,403 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 120,983 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 104,100 ha | -14.0% |
| 1974 | 176,000 ha | +69.1% |
| 1975 | 248,267 ha | +41.1% |
| 1976 | 291,536 ha | +17.4% |
| 1977 | 265,911 ha | -8.8% |
| 1978 | 247,427 ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 241,126 ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 190,716 ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 183,575 ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 138,206 ha | -24.7% |
| 1983 | 94,518 ha | -31.6% |
| 1984 | 140,727 ha | +48.9% |
| 1985 | 48,300 ha | -65.7% |
| 1986 | 151,200 ha | +213.0% |
| 1987 | 118,460 ha | -21.7% |
| 1988 | 144,090 ha | +21.6% |
| 1989 | 165,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 257,929 ha | +56.3% |
| 1991 | 462,928 ha | +79.5% |
| 1992 | 379,000 ha | -18.1% |
| 1993 | 328,502 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 357,488 ha | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 278,040 ha | -22.2% |
| 1996 | 297,780 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 329,280 ha | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 255,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 1999 | 142,000 ha | -44.3% |
| 2000 | 91,980 ha | -35.2% |
| 2001 | 120,120 ha | +30.6% |
| 2002 | 115,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 169,000 ha | +46.3% |
| 2004 | 180,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 169,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 174,583 ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 284,167 ha | +62.8% |
| 2008 | 301,680 ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 400,000 ha | +32.6% |
| 2010 | 224,700 ha | -43.8% |
| 2011 | 182,700 ha | -18.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Sudan (former) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +213.0% | 48,300 ha | 151,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,778 ha | 16,400 ha | 110,270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 193,866 ha | 104,100 ha | 291,536 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 137,479 ha | 48,300 ha | 190,716 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 308,795 ha | 142,000 ha | 462,928 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 200,603 ha | 91,980 ha | 400,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203,700 ha | 182,700 ha | 224,700 ha | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Sudan (former)?
- Wheat — area harvested in Sudan (former) was 182,700 ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The highest recorded value was 462,928 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Sudan (former) rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Sudan (former) ranks 60th out of 124 countries with data for 2011.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sudan (former) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.