Eastern Africa vs Peru: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 4,000 kg/ha against 1,352 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 2,648 kg/ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 3.0 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 18th and Peru ranks 19th of 31 groups.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 758.32 kg/ha | 2,020 kg/ha | 1,261 kg/ha | Peru |
| 1970s | 820.58 kg/ha | 3,311 kg/ha | 2,490 kg/ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 929.98 kg/ha | 3,280 kg/ha | 2,350 kg/ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 910.89 kg/ha | 3,886 kg/ha | 2,976 kg/ha | Peru |
| 2000s | 989.84 kg/ha | 2,974 kg/ha | 1,984 kg/ha | Peru |
| 2010s | 1,407 kg/ha | 3,703 kg/ha | 2,297 kg/ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 1,438 kg/ha | 4,011 kg/ha | 2,573 kg/ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Eastern Africa or Peru?
- Peru, at 4,000 kg/ha against 1,352 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Eastern Africa and Peru?
- 2,648 kg/ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Peru rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th and Peru ranks 19th of 31 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.