Millet — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Millet — Production was 11.98 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 11.98 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 13.87 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.61 million t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.61 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.97 million t | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 4.25 million t | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 4.20 million t | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 3.99 million t | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 4.03 million t | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 4.49 million t | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 4.17 million t | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 5.08 million t | +22.0% |
| 1970 | 4.57 million t | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 4.57 million t | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 4.14 million t | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 3.85 million t | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 4.52 million t | +17.3% |
| 1975 | 4.37 million t | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 4.88 million t | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 4.75 million t | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 5.26 million t | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 4.78 million t | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 4.75 million t | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 5.36 million t | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 4.84 million t | -9.7% |
| 1983 | 5.06 million t | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 4.02 million t | -20.7% |
| 1985 | 6.32 million t | +57.5% |
| 1986 | 5.77 million t | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 5.17 million t | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 6.75 million t | +30.4% |
| 1989 | 5.88 million t | -12.8% |
| 1990 | 5.59 million t | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 6.67 million t | +19.4% |
| 1992 | 6.58 million t | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 6.69 million t | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 7.36 million t | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 6.76 million t | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 6.76 million t | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 6.18 million t | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 7.99 million t | +29.2% |
| 1999 | 7.98 million t | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 6.72 million t | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 8.01 million t | +19.2% |
| 2002 | 8.05 million t | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 9.36 million t | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 7.41 million t | -20.9% |
| 2005 | 9.67 million t | +30.5% |
| 2006 | 10.02 million t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 9.40 million t | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 10.37 million t | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 9.28 million t | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 11.08 million t | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 9.08 million t | -18.1% |
| 2012 | 10.97 million t | +20.9% |
| 2013 | 10.63 million t | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 11.07 million t | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 10.98 million t | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 12.29 million t | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 11.31 million t | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 13.87 million t | +22.6% |
| 2019 | 11.54 million t | -16.8% |
| 2020 | 12.93 million t | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 9.70 million t | -25.0% |
| 2022 | 12.48 million t | +28.7% |
| 2023 | 11.25 million t | -9.9% |
| 2024 | 11.98 million t | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.20 million t | 3.61 million t | 5.08 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.57 million t | 3.85 million t | 5.26 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.39 million t | 4.02 million t | 6.75 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.86 million t | 5.59 million t | 7.99 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.83 million t | 6.72 million t | 10.37 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.28 million t | 9.08 million t | 13.87 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.67 million t | 9.70 million t | 12.93 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 India 12.62 million t compare
- 2 Niger 3.84 million t compare
- 3 China 2.78 million t compare
- 4 China, mainland 2.78 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 325,000 t compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 77,049 t compare
- 5 Mali 1.98 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Millet — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 11.98 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.87 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest millet — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.61 million t in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for millet — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.