Sorghum — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sorghum — Production was 7.08 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — production in Eastern Africa stood at 7.08 million t.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 8.37 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.98 million t, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 13th out of 32 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.15 million t | 1.98 million t | 2.43 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.49 million t | 2.23 million t | 2.84 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.86 million t | 2.49 million t | 3.34 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.92 million t | 2.04 million t | 3.83 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.97 million t | 2.94 million t | 5.19 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.21 million t | 6.42 million t | 7.97 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.28 million t | 6.62 million t | 8.37 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 10 Argentina 2.50 million t compare
- 11 Australia 2.44 million t compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2.44 million t compare
- 13 Niger 1.91 million t compare
- 14 Burkina Faso 1.90 million t compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.77 million t compare
- 16 Mali 1.64 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Eastern Africa?
- Sorghum — production in Eastern Africa was 7.08 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8.37 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.98 million t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sorghum — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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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.