Sorghum — Production in Honduras
Honduras: Sorghum — Production was 15,000 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Production in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 15,000 t for sorghum — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 58.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Honduras peaked at 96,025 t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 15,000 t, in 2021.
Honduras ranks 67th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Production in Honduras, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,873 t | — |
| 1962 | 50,190 t | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 51,709 t | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 53,134 t | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 53,398 t | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 47,941 t | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 41,267 t | -13.9% |
| 1968 | 42,860 t | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 44,454 t | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 46,047 t | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 47,640 t | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 49,234 t | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 40,624 t | -17.5% |
| 1974 | 52,420 t | +29.0% |
| 1975 | 52,271 t | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 43,753 t | -16.3% |
| 1977 | 49,352 t | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 47,580 t | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 38,100 t | -19.9% |
| 1980 | 52,109 t | +36.8% |
| 1981 | 57,981 t | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 57,700 t | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 46,517 t | -19.4% |
| 1984 | 52,377 t | +12.6% |
| 1985 | 33,139 t | -36.7% |
| 1986 | 32,522 t | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 31,042 t | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 53,525 t | +72.4% |
| 1989 | 61,697 t | +15.3% |
| 1990 | 80,265 t | +30.1% |
| 1991 | 70,511 t | -12.2% |
| 1992 | 87,780 t | +24.5% |
| 1993 | 70,911 t | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 53,215 t | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 62,097 t | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 85,638 t | +37.9% |
| 1997 | 96,025 t | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 90,219 t | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 71,269 t | -21.0% |
| 2000 | 64,667 t | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 74,718 t | +15.5% |
| 2002 | 65,759 t | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 56,764 t | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 59,386 t | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 65,734 t | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 66,470 t | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 69,782 t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 73,140 t | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 68,954 t | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 41,309 t | -40.1% |
| 2011 | 40,261 t | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 42,391 t | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 40,000 t | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 36,364 t | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 25,000 t | -31.3% |
| 2016 | 19,091 t | -23.6% |
| 2017 | 21,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 25,000 t | +19.0% |
| 2019 | 21,000 t | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 20,000 t | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 15,000 t | -25.0% |
| 2022 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 15,000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,359 t, 51% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 15,000 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19,542 t, 77% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,981 t | 41,267 t | 53,398 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,702 t | 38,100 t | 52,420 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,861 t | 31,042 t | 61,697 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,793 t | 53,215 t | 96,025 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,537 t | 56,764 t | 74,718 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,142 t | 19,091 t | 42,391 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,000 t | 15,000 t | 20,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Honduras?
- Sorghum — production in Honduras was 15,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 96,025 t in 1997.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 t in 2021.
- How does Honduras rank for sorghum — production?
- Honduras ranks 67th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras 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.