New Caledonia vs Zimbabwe: Sorghum yields
New Caledonia
0.4939 tonnes per hectare
in 2018
Zimbabwe
0.4667 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
New Caledonia rank
107th
Zimbabwe rank
109th
Sorghum yields over time
- New Caledonia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
New Caledonia currently reports 0.4939 tonnes per hectare against 0.4667 tonnes per hectare in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0272 tonnes per hectare.
That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Caledonia ahead.
New Caledonia ranks 107th and Zimbabwe ranks 109th of 114 countries.
New Caledonia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Caledonia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 0.6215 tonnes per hectare | 0.7489 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 0.5127 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 0.5043 tonnes per hectare | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 2 tonnes per hectare | 0.4319 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 0.2652 tonnes per hectare | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 0.9204 tonnes per hectare | 0.3597 tonnes per hectare | 0.5607 tonnes per hectare | New Caledonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, New Caledonia or Zimbabwe?
- New Caledonia, at 0.4939 tonnes per hectare against 0.4667 tonnes per hectare in Zimbabwe as of 2018.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between New Caledonia and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0272 tonnes per hectare, with New Caledonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Zimbabwe?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2018.
- How do New Caledonia and Zimbabwe rank globally for sorghum yields?
- New Caledonia ranks 107th and Zimbabwe ranks 109th 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.