Sorghum — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sorghum — Production was 20.06 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 20.06 million t for sorghum — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 21.05 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5.32 million t, in 1968.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.95 million t | 5.32 million t | 6.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.68 million t | 5.81 million t | 7.59 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.11 million t | 5.97 million t | 10.58 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.56 million t | 6.59 million t | 11.42 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.77 million t | 8.98 million t | 15.30 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.37 million t | 16.19 million t | 21.05 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.65 million t | 17.02 million t | 20.06 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 56.51 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 47 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.83 million ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 43.68 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 146,458 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 133,673 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 43.68 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Sorghum — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 20.06 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 21.05 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.32 million t in 1968.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for sorghum — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.