Millet — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Millet — Yield was 1,420 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Southern Asia stood at 1,420 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 1,420 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 356.7 kg/ha, in 1965.
Southern Asia ranks 9th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 419.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 438.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 441.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 455.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 356.7 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1966 | 405 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1967 | 455.2 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 390.9 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1969 | 465.3 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1970 | 602.9 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1971 | 497.3 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1972 | 412.4 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1973 | 556.2 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1974 | 395.8 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1975 | 556.8 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1976 | 541.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 532.8 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 577.7 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 477 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1980 | 519.5 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 559.3 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 515.1 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1983 | 676.6 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1984 | 603.1 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1985 | 464.8 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1986 | 509.3 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1987 | 503.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 661.2 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1989 | 670.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 688.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 577.7 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1992 | 836.9 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1993 | 627.5 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 742.9 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1995 | 677 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 802.1 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1997 | 781.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 805 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 735.4 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2000 | 778.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 891.8 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2002 | 639.9 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2003 | 1,059 kg/ha | +65.5% |
| 2004 | 907.6 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 851.1 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 880 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1,029 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 1,018 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 801.2 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2010 | 1,084 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2011 | 1,150 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 1,179 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1,175 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,241 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,127 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,238 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 1,232 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,189 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 1,347 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 1,398 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 1,381 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,404 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 1,414 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,420 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 425.29 kg/ha | 356.7 kg/ha | 465.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 515.07 kg/ha | 395.8 kg/ha | 602.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 568.32 kg/ha | 464.8 kg/ha | 676.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 727.49 kg/ha | 577.7 kg/ha | 836.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 885.61 kg/ha | 639.9 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,196 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 1,347 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,403 kg/ha | 1,381 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 6 China 3,147 kg/ha compare
- 7 Tajikistan 2,896 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 1,083 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,064 kg/ha compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 2,839 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 2,472 kg/ha compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 1,050 kg/ha compare
- 10 Switzerland 2,340 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 669.9 kg/ha compare
- 11 Serbia and Montenegro 2,308 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 2,305 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Southern Asia?
- Millet — yield in Southern Asia was 1,420 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,420 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 356.7 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Southern Asia rank for millet — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.