Sorghum — Production in Eritrea
Eritrea: Sorghum — Production was 140,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — production in Eritrea stood at 140,000 t.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Eritrea peaked at 302,515 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 28,434 t, in 2002.
Eritrea ranks 38th of 131 countries on this measure, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 113,944 t | 39,190 t | 269,772 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 112,521 t | 28,434 t | 302,515 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 133,000 t | 64,000 t | 152,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,000 t | 140,000 t | 140,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 35 Myanmar 166,004 t compare
- 36 Hungary 164,550 t compare
- 37 Mozambique 145,192 t compare
- 39 Mauritania 114,000 t compare
- 40 Russian Federation 108,433 t compare
- 41 Malawi 102,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture share gdp 14.12 (2009)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.12 (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 262.24 million current US$ (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 2.36 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Aquaculture farmed fish production 25.97 (2024)
- Cereal yield 638 kg per hectare (2024)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 25.97 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Eritrea?
- Sorghum — production in Eritrea was 140,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 302,515 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,434 t in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for sorghum — production?
- Eritrea ranks 38th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.