Jordan vs USSR: Sorghum yields
Jordan
19.95 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
USSR
1.12 tonnes per hectare
in 1991
Jordan rank
2nd
USSR rank
1st
Sorghum yields over time
- Jordan
- USSR
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 19.95 tonnes per hectare against 1.12 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 18.83 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Jordan's figure about 17.8 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.
Jordan ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 1st of 114 countries.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6641 tonnes per hectare | 0.967 tonnes per hectare | 0.3029 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1970s | 0.6126 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 0.6499 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1980s | 0.4906 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 0.6393 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, Jordan or USSR?
- Jordan, at 19.95 tonnes per hectare against 1.12 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between Jordan and USSR?
- 18.83 tonnes per hectare, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and USSR?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1982.
- How do Jordan and USSR rank globally for sorghum yields?
- Jordan ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 1st 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.