China vs Egypt: Sorghum yields
China
4.77 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt
5.2 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
11th
Egypt rank
9th
Sorghum yields over time
- China
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 5.2 tonnes per hectare against 4.77 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 0.43 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
China ranks 11th and Egypt ranks 9th of 115 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 3.78 tonnes per hectare | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1970s | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 3.92 tonnes per hectare | 2 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1980s | 2.84 tonnes per hectare | 3.95 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1990s | 3.88 tonnes per hectare | 5 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.83 tonnes per hectare | 5.69 tonnes per hectare | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 4.62 tonnes per hectare | 5.16 tonnes per hectare | 0.5424 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2020s | 4.69 tonnes per hectare | 5.12 tonnes per hectare | 0.4273 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, China or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 5.2 tonnes per hectare against 4.77 tonnes per hectare in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between China and Egypt?
- 0.43 tonnes per hectare, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Egypt rank globally for sorghum yields?
- China ranks 11th and Egypt ranks 9th of 115 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.