Australia vs Uruguay: Sorghum yields
Australia
3.15 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Uruguay
3.26 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Australia rank
27th
Uruguay rank
24th
Sorghum yields over time
- Australia
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 3.26 tonnes per hectare against 3.15 tonnes per hectare in Australia, a difference of 0.11 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.
Australia ranks 27th and Uruguay ranks 24th of 114 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.923 tonnes per hectare | 0.582 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 0.2864 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.4114 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 2.24 tonnes per hectare | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | 0.8459 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 2.82 tonnes per hectare | 3.77 tonnes per hectare | 0.9567 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 2.93 tonnes per hectare | 3.96 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 3.11 tonnes per hectare | 3.39 tonnes per hectare | 0.2856 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, Australia or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 3.26 tonnes per hectare against 3.15 tonnes per hectare in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between Australia and Uruguay?
- 0.11 tonnes per hectare, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Uruguay rank globally for sorghum yields?
- Australia ranks 27th and Uruguay ranks 24th of 114 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sorghum yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.