Brazil vs Northern Africa: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Brazil
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 3,000 kg/ha against 711.7 kg/ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 2,288 kg/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 4.2 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 30th and Northern Africa ranks 25th of 111 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,346 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,152 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 2,204 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 1,191 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 1,833 kg/ha | 710.86 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 1,777 kg/ha | 686.61 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2,101 kg/ha | 782.19 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 2,728 kg/ha | 715.29 kg/ha | 2,013 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 3,020 kg/ha | 687.18 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Brazil or Northern Africa?
- Brazil, at 3,000 kg/ha against 711.7 kg/ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Brazil and Northern Africa?
- 2,288 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Northern Africa rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Brazil ranks 30th and Northern Africa ranks 25th of 111 countries.
- 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.