Wheat — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Wheat — Area harvested was 155,830 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 155,830 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 321,444 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 135,660 ha, in 2013.
Sudan ranks 63rd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 187,320 ha | — |
| 2013 | 135,660 ha | -27.6% |
| 2014 | 222,916 ha | +64.3% |
| 2015 | 226,380 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 216,720 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 172,200 ha | -20.5% |
| 2018 | 286,860 ha | +66.6% |
| 2019 | 303,660 ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 321,444 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 268,100 ha | -16.6% |
| 2022 | 188,600 ha | -29.7% |
| 2023 | 161,360 ha | -14.4% |
| 2024 | 155,830 ha | -3.4% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 155,830 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 11.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 155,830 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 12.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 218,964 ha | 135,660 ha | 303,660 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 219,067 ha | 155,830 ha | 321,444 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Sudan?
- Wheat — area harvested in Sudan was 155,830 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 321,444 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 135,660 ha in 2013.
- How does Sudan rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 63rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.