Eastern Africa vs Papua New Guinea: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 4,429 kg/ha against 1,352 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 3,077 kg/ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 3.3 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 14th of 27 groups.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 758.32 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 279.47 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 820.58 kg/ha | 1,674 kg/ha | 853.73 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 929.98 kg/ha | 1,994 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 910.89 kg/ha | 2,843 kg/ha | 1,932 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 989.84 kg/ha | 3,231 kg/ha | 2,241 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 1,407 kg/ha | 4,121 kg/ha | 2,714 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 1,438 kg/ha | 4,460 kg/ha | 3,022 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Eastern Africa or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 4,429 kg/ha against 1,352 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Eastern Africa and Papua New Guinea?
- 3,077 kg/ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 14th of 27 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.