Egypt vs South America: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Egypt
- South America
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 5,200 kg/ha against 3,151 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 2,049 kg/ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.7 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 8th and South America ranks 11th of 111 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,783 kg/ha | 1,670 kg/ha | 2,114 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 3,924 kg/ha | 2,352 kg/ha | 1,572 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 3,949 kg/ha | 2,740 kg/ha | 1,209 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 5,000 kg/ha | 3,049 kg/ha | 1,951 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 5,689 kg/ha | 3,121 kg/ha | 2,568 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 5,164 kg/ha | 3,378 kg/ha | 1,786 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 5,117 kg/ha | 3,123 kg/ha | 1,993 kg/ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Egypt or South America?
- Egypt, at 5,200 kg/ha against 3,151 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Egypt and South America?
- 2,049 kg/ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and South America rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Egypt ranks 8th and South America ranks 11th 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.