China vs Panama: Sorghum yields
China
4.77 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Panama
5.19 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
11th
Panama rank
10th
Sorghum yields over time
- China
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 5.19 tonnes per hectare against 4.77 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 0.42 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was China ahead.
China ranks 11th and Panama ranks 10th of 114 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Panama in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | 0.2941 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1980s | 2.84 tonnes per hectare | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.7642 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1990s | 3.88 tonnes per hectare | 2.74 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2000s | 3.83 tonnes per hectare | 3.95 tonnes per hectare | 0.1246 tonnes per hectare | Panama |
| 2010s | 4.62 tonnes per hectare | 3.92 tonnes per hectare | 0.6987 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2020s | 4.69 tonnes per hectare | 5.02 tonnes per hectare | 0.3258 tonnes per hectare | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, China or Panama?
- Panama, at 5.19 tonnes per hectare against 4.77 tonnes per hectare in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between China and Panama?
- 0.42 tonnes per hectare, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Panama?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
- How do China and Panama rank globally for sorghum yields?
- China ranks 11th and Panama ranks 10th 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.