Americas vs China, mainland: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Americas
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 4,770 kg/ha against 3,425 kg/ha in Americas, a difference of 1,345 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.4 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 10th of 9 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 3 and China, mainland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,676 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,470 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 2,969 kg/ha | 1,928 kg/ha | 1,041 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 3,304 kg/ha | 2,837 kg/ha | 467.4 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 3,532 kg/ha | 3,875 kg/ha | 343.46 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 3,433 kg/ha | 3,827 kg/ha | 394.09 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 3,672 kg/ha | 4,622 kg/ha | 949.81 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 3,380 kg/ha | 4,690 kg/ha | 1,310 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Americas or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 4,770 kg/ha against 3,425 kg/ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Americas and China, mainland?
- 1,345 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China, mainland rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 10th of 9 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.