Southern Africa vs Spain: Sorghum — Yield
Sorghum — Yield over time
- Southern Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 4,186 kg/ha against 1,237 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 2,949 kg/ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 3.4 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Southern Africa ranks 21st and Spain ranks 15th of 33 groups.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 697.3 kg/ha | 1,856 kg/ha | 1,159 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 1,168 kg/ha | 4,364 kg/ha | 3,196 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 1,189 kg/ha | 4,803 kg/ha | 3,614 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 1,331 kg/ha | 4,818 kg/ha | 3,487 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 1,590 kg/ha | 3,760 kg/ha | 2,169 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 1,186 kg/ha | 4,767 kg/ha | 3,582 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 1,674 kg/ha | 4,020 kg/ha | 2,346 kg/ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — yield, Southern Africa or Spain?
- Spain, at 4,186 kg/ha against 1,237 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — yield between Southern Africa and Spain?
- 2,949 kg/ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Africa and Spain rank globally for sorghum — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st and Spain ranks 15th of 33 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.