Lesotho vs New Caledonia: Sorghum yields
Lesotho
0.3959 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
New Caledonia
0.4939 tonnes per hectare
in 2018
Lesotho rank
110th
New Caledonia rank
107th
Sorghum yields over time
- Lesotho
- New Caledonia
How they compare
New Caledonia currently reports 0.4939 tonnes per hectare against 0.3959 tonnes per hectare in Lesotho, a difference of 0.098 tonnes per hectare.
That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Caledonia ahead.
Lesotho ranks 110th and New Caledonia ranks 107th of 114 countries.
New Caledonia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8166 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 0.5537 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 0.8953 tonnes per hectare | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 0.6463 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 0.6863 tonnes per hectare | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 0.8742 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 0.9954 tonnes per hectare | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 0.4225 tonnes per hectare | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 0.4944 tonnes per hectare | 0.9204 tonnes per hectare | 0.426 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, Lesotho or New Caledonia?
- New Caledonia, at 0.4939 tonnes per hectare against 0.3959 tonnes per hectare in Lesotho as of 2018.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between Lesotho and New Caledonia?
- 0.098 tonnes per hectare, with New Caledonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and New Caledonia?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2018.
- How do Lesotho and New Caledonia rank globally for sorghum yields?
- Lesotho ranks 110th and New Caledonia ranks 107th 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.