India vs Rwanda: Sorghum yields
India
1.17 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Rwanda
1.21 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India rank
72nd
Rwanda rank
70th
Sorghum yields over time
- India
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 1.21 tonnes per hectare against 1.17 tonnes per hectare in India, a difference of 0.04 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.
India ranks 72nd and Rwanda ranks 70th of 115 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5041 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.7078 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 0.5968 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 0.4879 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 0.7022 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 0.4312 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 0.8261 tonnes per hectare | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.2325 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.8258 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 0.1989 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.8774 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.2673 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.0068 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, India or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 1.21 tonnes per hectare against 1.17 tonnes per hectare in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between India and Rwanda?
- 0.04 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Rwanda rank globally for sorghum yields?
- India ranks 72nd and Rwanda ranks 70th 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.