Lesotho vs Zimbabwe: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Lesotho
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 466.7 kg/ha against 395.9 kg/ha in Lesotho, a difference of 70.8 kg/ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 23 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 118th and Zimbabwe ranks 117th of 122 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 816.61 kg/ha | 621.48 kg/ha | 195.13 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 895.29 kg/ha | 512.74 kg/ha | 382.55 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 686.26 kg/ha | 504.35 kg/ha | 181.91 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 936.21 kg/ha | 449.12 kg/ha | 487.09 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 525.24 kg/ha | 394.61 kg/ha | 130.63 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 491.2 kg/ha | 319.43 kg/ha | 171.77 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 457.38 kg/ha | 517.04 kg/ha | 59.66 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Lesotho or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 466.7 kg/ha against 395.9 kg/ha in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Lesotho and Zimbabwe?
- 70.8 kg/ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Zimbabwe rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Lesotho ranks 118th and Zimbabwe ranks 117th of 122 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.