Sorghum — Production in Australia
Australia: Sorghum — Production was 2.44 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — production in Australia stood at 2.44 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 90.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Australia peaked at 3.79 million t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 163,187 t, in 1961.
Australia ranks 11th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 163,187 t | — |
| 1962 | 254,759 t | +56.1% |
| 1963 | 279,008 t | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 214,699 t | -23.0% |
| 1965 | 194,968 t | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 194,564 t | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 318,769 t | +63.8% |
| 1968 | 287,994 t | -9.7% |
| 1969 | 294,466 t | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 547,402 t | +85.9% |
| 1971 | 1.30 million t | +137.2% |
| 1972 | 1.23 million t | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 1.02 million t | -17.1% |
| 1974 | 1.06 million t | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 901,000 t | -15.1% |
| 1976 | 1.12 million t | +24.8% |
| 1977 | 956,046 t | -14.9% |
| 1978 | 714,376 t | -25.3% |
| 1979 | 1.13 million t | +57.5% |
| 1980 | 922,038 t | -18.1% |
| 1981 | 1.20 million t | +30.6% |
| 1982 | 1.32 million t | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 958,010 t | -27.2% |
| 1984 | 1.89 million t | +96.8% |
| 1985 | 1.37 million t | -27.4% |
| 1986 | 1.42 million t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 1.42 million t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.63 million t | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 1.24 million t | -23.8% |
| 1990 | 945,653 t | -24.0% |
| 1991 | 750,512 t | -20.6% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million t | +92.9% |
| 1993 | 548,016 t | -62.1% |
| 1994 | 1.08 million t | +97.7% |
| 1995 | 1.27 million t | +17.5% |
| 1996 | 1.59 million t | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 1.42 million t | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 1.08 million t | -24.1% |
| 1999 | 1.89 million t | +74.9% |
| 2000 | 2.12 million t | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 1.94 million t | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 2.02 million t | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 1.46 million t | -27.5% |
| 2004 | 2.01 million t | +37.2% |
| 2005 | 2.01 million t | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.93 million t | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1.28 million t | -33.6% |
| 2008 | 3.79 million t | +195.4% |
| 2009 | 2.69 million t | -29.0% |
| 2010 | 1.51 million t | -44.0% |
| 2011 | 1.93 million t | +28.3% |
| 2012 | 2.24 million t | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 2.23 million t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.28 million t | -42.5% |
| 2015 | 2.21 million t | +72.3% |
| 2016 | 1.79 million t | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 994,001 t | -44.5% |
| 2018 | 1.26 million t | +26.5% |
| 2019 | 1.16 million t | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 397,485 t | -65.7% |
| 2021 | 1.64 million t | +312.3% |
| 2022 | 2.65 million t | +61.6% |
| 2023 | 2.33 million t | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 2.44 million t | +4.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 2.44 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,200 t, 762.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Australia's 2.44 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,000 t, 488.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Production in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +312.3% | 397,485 t | 1.64 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 244,713 t | 163,187 t | 318,769 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 997,322 t | 547,402 t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.34 million t | 922,038 t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.20 million t | 548,016 t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.13 million t | 1.28 million t | 3.79 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.66 million t | 994,001 t | 2.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.89 million t | 397,485 t | 2.65 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 8 China 3.07 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 36,463 t compare
- 9 China, mainland 3.07 million t compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 10,885 t compare
- 10 Argentina 2.50 million t compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,009 t compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 7,209 t compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2.44 million t compare
- 12 Melanesia 5,023 t compare
- 13 Niger 1.91 million t compare
- 13 Türkiye 96 t compare
- 14 Burkina Faso 1.90 million t compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 17.41 t compare
- 14 Micronesia 17.41 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Australia?
- Sorghum — production in Australia was 2.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.79 million t in 2008.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,187 t in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for sorghum — production?
- Australia ranks 11th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Production. 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.