Botswana vs Nicaragua: Sorghum yields
Botswana
1.32 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nicaragua
1.5 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Botswana rank
61st
Nicaragua rank
58th
Sorghum yields over time
- Botswana
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 1.5 tonnes per hectare against 1.32 tonnes per hectare in Botswana, a difference of 0.18 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Botswana ranks 61st and Nicaragua ranks 58th of 114 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2928 tonnes per hectare | 0.9688 tonnes per hectare | 0.6761 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.4188 tonnes per hectare | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.6407 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.1977 tonnes per hectare | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.3217 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.434 tonnes per hectare | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 1.49 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.4588 tonnes per hectare | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 0.0417 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, Botswana or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 1.5 tonnes per hectare against 1.32 tonnes per hectare in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between Botswana and Nicaragua?
- 0.18 tonnes per hectare, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Nicaragua rank globally for sorghum yields?
- Botswana ranks 61st and Nicaragua ranks 58th 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.