Sorghum — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
131
Highest
6.50 million t
Nigeria
Lowest
0 t
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Median
26,596 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,613

What the numbers show

Sorghum — Production is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 6.50 million t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).

The median across all reporting countries is 26,596 t, and the mean is 505,541 t.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 2,573.4%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 100.0%).

Sorghum — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 6.50 million t 2024 down 5.6% rising
2 India 5.41 million t 2024 down 0.7% falling
3 Sudan 5.39 million t 2024 down 14.1% flat
4 Sudan (former) 4.61 million t 2011 up 4.8% rising
5 Mexico 4.53 million t 2024 down 46.1% rising
6 Ethiopia 4.10 million t 2024 down 5.5% volatile
7 Brazil 4.09 million t 2024 up 79.5% volatile
8 China 3.07 million t 2024 up 6.4% falling
9 China, mainland 3.07 million t 2024 up 6.4% falling
10 Argentina 2.50 million t 2024 down 28.0% volatile
11 Australia 2.44 million t 2024 up 90.4% volatile
11 Australia and New Zealand 2.44 million t 2024 up 90.4% volatile
13 Niger 1.91 million t 2024 up 33.8% volatile
14 Burkina Faso 1.90 million t 2024 up 11.3% rising
15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.77 million t 2024 up 169.8% volatile
16 Mali 1.64 million t 2024 up 29.0% volatile
17 Cameroon 1.20 million t 2024 up 4.3% volatile
18 South Sudan 960,000 t 2024 down 3.0% rising
19 United Republic of Tanzania 800,000 t 2024 down 9.4% rising
20 Egypt 780,000 t 2024 down 3.0% rising
21 Chad 720,086 t 2024 down 21.9% volatile
22 Ethiopia PDR 564,929 t 1992 down 53.2% rising
23 Ghana 479,000 t 2024 up 84.9% rising
24 France 447,110 t 2024 up 12.4% rising
25 Senegal 445,000 t 2024 up 334.9% volatile
26 Togo 310,000 t 2024 up 0.8% volatile
27 Benin 279,269 t 2024 up 178.6% rising
28 Italy 256,040 t 2024 down 30.1% volatile
29 Kenya 243,000 t 2024 up 36.9% falling
30 Uganda 225,000 t 2024 down 24.7% flat
31 Oman 194,206 t 2024 up 712.7% volatile
32 Yemen 190,000 t 2024 down 44.2% falling
33 Rwanda 187,766 t 2024 up 33.6% rising
34 Saudi Arabia 168,328 t 2024 up 1.4% rising
35 Myanmar 166,004 t 2024 down 31.6% rising
36 Hungary 164,550 t 2024 up 745.1% volatile
37 Mozambique 145,192 t 2024 down 6.4% falling
38 Eritrea 140,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
39 Mauritania 114,000 t 2024 up 99.3% rising
40 Russian Federation 108,433 t 2024 down 50.7% volatile
41 Malawi 102,000 t 2024 up 9.5% volatile
42 El Salvador 99,000 t 2024 down 29.7% flat
43 USSR 96,500 t 1991 down 14.6% rising
44 Zimbabwe 82,063 t 2024 down 20.9% falling
45 Côte d'Ivoire 66,489 t 2024 up 29.5% volatile
46 Uruguay 65,037 t 2024 down 78.5% volatile
47 Guinea 65,000 t 2024 up 71.1% rising
48 Sierra Leone 60,000 t 2024 up 100.0% volatile
49 Somalia 56,000 t 2024 down 62.2% falling
50 Thailand 50,000 t 2024 up 9.4% volatile
51 Ukraine 46,470 t 2024 down 79.3% volatile
52 Paraguay 44,208 t 2024 down 49.5% volatile
53 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 42,080 t 2024 down 68.3% volatile
54 Angola 38,275 t 2024 down 20.5% rising
55 Pakistan 37,698 t 2024 down 67.1% falling
56 Guatemala 37,620 t 2024 down 25.2% flat
57 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 36,463 t 2024 up 6.0% rising
58 Austria 36,440 t 2024 up 96.7% rising
59 Israel 33,599 t 2024 down 37.5% volatile
60 Slovakia 31,200 t 2024 up 1,100.0% volatile
61 Burundi 30,000 t 2024 up 34.2% volatile
61 Botswana 30,000 t 2024 up 109.6% volatile
63 Uzbekistan 29,359 t 2024 up 319.4% rising
64 Guinea-Bissau 29,000 t 2024 up 107.1% volatile
65 Spain 27,210 t 2024 down 42.9% volatile
66 Nicaragua 26,596 t 2023 down 73.3% rising
67 Romania 24,880 t 2024 down 51.7% volatile
68 Belize 24,084 t 2024 up 164.9% volatile
69 Kazakhstan 20,960 t 2024 up 2,573.4% volatile
70 Caribbean 16,936 t 2024 down 86.8% falling
71 Honduras 15,000 t 2024 down 58.8% falling
72 Ecuador 14,288 t 2024 up 7.3% volatile
73 Haiti 13,000 t 2024 down 89.4% falling
74 Bulgaria 11,640 t 2024 down 36.6% volatile
75 Republic of Moldova 10,885 t 2024 up 2,235.8% volatile
76 Serbia and Montenegro 10,704 t 2005 up 75.9% rising
77 Iraq 9,635 t 2024 down 50.6% volatile
78 Colombia 9,070 t 2024 down 52.6% volatile
79 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,009 t 2024 up 74.4% volatile
80 Albania 8,437 t 1992 down 71.9% rising
81 Serbia 8,307 t 2024 up 10.8% rising
82 Yugoslav SFR 8,137 t 1991 down 32.2% falling
83 Syrian Arab Republic 7,209 t 2024 up 289.7% volatile
84 Lesotho 6,261 t 2024 down 49.5% volatile
85 Gambia 5,456 t 2024 down 73.1% volatile
86 Melanesia 5,023 t 2024 up 2.9% volatile
87 Papua New Guinea 5,000 t 2024 up 9.1% volatile
88 Greece 4,450 t 2024 up 615.4% volatile
89 Cuba 3,628 t 2024 down 11.2% volatile
90 Republic of Korea 2,932 t 2024 up 10.2% volatile
91 Zambia 2,865 t 2024 down 75.2% volatile
92 Morocco 2,015 t 2024 down 58.0% volatile
93 China, Taiwan Province of 2,000 t 2024 down 9.2% volatile
94 Panama 1,950 t 2024 down 64.6% volatile
95 Jordan 1,632 t 2024 down 89.1% volatile
96 Madagascar 1,387 t 2024 up 3.3% falling
97 Tunisia 1,213 t 2024 down 0.2% volatile
98 Eswatini 1,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
99 Namibia 753 t 2024 down 91.4% rising
100 Lebanon 700 t 2024 up 45.8% volatile
101 Algeria 660.76 t 2024 up 42.1% volatile
102 Philippines 450.09 t 2024 down 35.0% volatile
103 Dominican Republic 307.84 t 2024 down 80.7% volatile
104 Czechoslovakia 300 t 1992 down 55.2% volatile
105 Slovenia 280 t 2024 down 26.3% volatile
106 Kyrgyzstan 273 t 2024 up 1,606.2% volatile
107 Peru 240 t 2024 down 42.6% volatile
108 Sri Lanka 160 t 2024 up 20.3% volatile
109 Palestine 129.83 t 2022 down 56.5% volatile
110 Croatia 114 t 2017 down 90.5% volatile
111 Türkiye 96 t 2024 up 18.5% volatile
112 Azerbaijan 94.7 t 2024 up 83.9% volatile
113 Bangladesh 61 t 2024 down 50.8% volatile
114 Tajikistan 53.3 t 2024 down 22.8% volatile
115 Maldives 52.54 t 2024 up 5.1% volatile
116 North Macedonia 35.64 t 2024 down 9.2% volatile
117 Fiji 23.6 t 2024 down 1.8% volatile
118 Micronesia 17.41 t 2024 up 3.4% rising
118 Micronesia (Federated States of) 17.41 t 2024 up 3.4% rising
120 Costa Rica 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
120 Cyprus 0 t 2024 flat
120 Estonia 0 t 2024 flat
120 Finland 0 t 2024 flat
120 Ireland 0 t 2024 flat
120 Japan 0 t 1992 volatile
120 Luxembourg 0 t 2024 flat
120 Latvia 0 t 2024 flat
120 Malta 0 t 2024 flat
120 New Caledonia 0 t 2022 volatile
120 Sweden 0 t 2024 flat
120 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Sorghum — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
163 places, 8,613 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.