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...
What the numbers show
Sorghum — Production is currently reported for 124 countries. The highest value is 6.50 million t in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 t in New Caledonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 30,000 t, and the mean is 535,031 t.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 64 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.77 million t | 2024 | up 169.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Mexico | 4.53 million t | 2024 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 800,000 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 4.10 million t | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 4.09 million t | 2024 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 42,080 t | 2024 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 3.07 million t | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 8 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 36,463 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 9 | China, mainland | 3.07 million t | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 10,885 t | 2024 | up 2,235.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 2.50 million t | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9,009 t | 2024 | up 74.4% | 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 |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7,209 t | 2024 | up 289.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 5,023 t | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Niger | 1.91 million t | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 96 t | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 1.90 million t | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 14 | Micronesia | 17.41 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 14 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 17.41 t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | Mali | 1.64 million t | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Cameroon | 1.20 million t | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 17 | South Sudan | 960,000 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 18 | Egypt | 780,000 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 19 | Chad | 720,086 t | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Ethiopia PDR | 564,929 t | 1992 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 21 | Ghana | 479,000 t | 2024 | up 84.9% | rising |
| 22 | France | 447,110 t | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 23 | Senegal | 445,000 t | 2024 | up 334.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Togo | 310,000 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Benin | 279,269 t | 2024 | up 178.6% | rising |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 66,489 t | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Italy | 256,040 t | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Kenya | 243,000 t | 2024 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 27 | Caribbean | 16,936 t | 2024 | down 86.8% | falling |
| 28 | Uganda | 225,000 t | 2024 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 29 | Oman | 194,206 t | 2024 | up 712.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Yemen | 190,000 t | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 31 | Rwanda | 187,766 t | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 168,328 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 33 | Myanmar | 166,004 t | 2024 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 34 | Hungary | 164,550 t | 2024 | up 745.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Mozambique | 145,192 t | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 140,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 37 | Mauritania | 114,000 t | 2024 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 108,433 t | 2024 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Malawi | 102,000 t | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 40 | El Salvador | 99,000 t | 2024 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 41 | South Africa | 98,000 t | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 42 | USSR | 96,500 t | 1991 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 82,063 t | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 44 | Uruguay | 65,037 t | 2024 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | 65,000 t | 2024 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 60,000 t | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Somalia | 56,000 t | 2024 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 48 | Thailand | 50,000 t | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Ukraine | 46,470 t | 2024 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Paraguay | 44,208 t | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Angola | 38,275 t | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 52 | Pakistan | 37,698 t | 2024 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 53 | Guatemala | 37,620 t | 2024 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 54 | Austria | 36,440 t | 2024 | up 96.7% | rising |
| 55 | Israel | 33,599 t | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Slovakia | 31,200 t | 2024 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Burundi | 30,000 t | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Botswana | 30,000 t | 2024 | up 109.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 29,359 t | 2024 | up 319.4% | rising |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 29,000 t | 2024 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Spain | 27,210 t | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 26,596 t | 2023 | down 73.3% | rising |
| 63 | Romania | 24,880 t | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 24,084 t | 2024 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 20,960 t | 2024 | up 2,573.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Central African Republic | 20,000 t | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 67 | Honduras | 15,000 t | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 68 | Ecuador | 14,288 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Haiti | 13,000 t | 2024 | down 89.4% | falling |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 11,640 t | 2024 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Serbia and Montenegro | 10,704 t | 2005 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 72 | Iraq | 9,635 t | 2024 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Colombia | 9,070 t | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Albania | 8,437 t | 1992 | down 71.9% | rising |
| 75 | Serbia | 8,307 t | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 76 | Yugoslav SFR | 8,137 t | 1991 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 77 | Lesotho | 6,261 t | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 5,456 t | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 5,000 t | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Greece | 4,450 t | 2024 | up 615.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Cuba | 3,628 t | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Republic of Korea | 2,932 t | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Zambia | 2,865 t | 2024 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 2,015 t | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 85 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,000 t | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Panama | 1,950 t | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Jordan | 1,632 t | 2024 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Madagascar | 1,387 t | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 89 | Tunisia | 1,213 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Eswatini | 1,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | Namibia | 753 t | 2024 | down 91.4% | rising |
| 92 | Lebanon | 700 t | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Algeria | 660.76 t | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Philippines | 450.09 t | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 307.84 t | 2024 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Czechoslovakia | 300 t | 1992 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovenia | 280 t | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 273 t | 2024 | up 1,606.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Peru | 240 t | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 160 t | 2024 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Palestine | 129.83 t | 2022 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Croatia | 114 t | 2017 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 94.7 t | 2024 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 61 t | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 53.3 t | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Maldives | 52.54 t | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 107 | North Macedonia | 35.64 t | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Fiji | 23.6 t | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Japan | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 64.27 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 20.06 million t
- Africa 29.18 million t
- Asia 9.43 million t
- Americas 22.03 million t
- Middle Africa 1.99 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 21.50 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 21.39 million t
- Western Africa 13.80 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 75,113 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 13.79 million t
- Northern America 8.73 million t
- United States of America 8.73 million t
- South America 8.53 million t
- Eastern Africa 7.08 million t
- Northern Africa 6.18 million t
- Southern Asia 5.45 million t
- Central America 4.75 million t
- Eastern Asia 3.11 million t
- Oceania 2.45 million t
- Europe 1.18 million t
- European Union (27) 1.00 million t
- Western Asia 605,604 t
- Western Europe 483,550 t
- Eastern Europe 398,058 t
- Southern Europe 296,322 t
- South-Eastern Asia 216,454 t
- Southern Africa 136,014 t
- Central Asia 50,645 t
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.