Sorghum — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sorghum — Production was 1.99 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 1.99 million t for sorghum — production in 2024.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Middle Africa peaked at 2.43 million t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 465,561 t, in 1984.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 701,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 676,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 826,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1964 | 726,000 t | -12.1% |
| 1965 | 651,021 t | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 701,863 t | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 643,351 t | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 616,748 t | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 694,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 632,400 t | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 641,200 t | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 537,700 t | -16.1% |
| 1973 | 523,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 609,100 t | +16.5% |
| 1975 | 657,900 t | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 583,500 t | -11.3% |
| 1977 | 622,900 t | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 688,900 t | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 615,400 t | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 649,200 t | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 481,100 t | -25.9% |
| 1982 | 520,100 t | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 522,761 t | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 465,561 t | -10.9% |
| 1985 | 725,001 t | +55.7% |
| 1986 | 939,741 t | +29.6% |
| 1987 | 570,356 t | -39.3% |
| 1988 | 770,221 t | +35.0% |
| 1989 | 664,291 t | -13.8% |
| 1990 | 678,101 t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 709,415 t | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 793,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 658,787 t | -16.9% |
| 1994 | 857,530 t | +30.2% |
| 1995 | 933,619 t | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 831,852 t | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 859,142 t | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 1.05 million t | +22.0% |
| 1999 | 768,862 t | -26.6% |
| 2000 | 861,204 t | +12.0% |
| 2001 | 1.06 million t | +23.5% |
| 2002 | 1.09 million t | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.21 million t | +10.9% |
| 2004 | 1.13 million t | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 1.34 million t | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 1.58 million t | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 1.62 million t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1.58 million t | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.70 million t | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 2.22 million t | +30.7% |
| 2011 | 1.91 million t | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 2.43 million t | +27.4% |
| 2013 | 2.15 million t | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 2.16 million t | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2.12 million t | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 2.23 million t | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 2.15 million t | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 2.30 million t | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 2.32 million t | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2.09 million t | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 2.16 million t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.23 million t | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 2.14 million t | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 1.99 million t | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 692,887 t | 616,748 t | 826,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 611,200 t | 523,000 t | 688,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 630,833 t | 465,561 t | 939,741 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 813,813 t | 658,787 t | 1.05 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.32 million t | 861,204 t | 1.70 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.20 million t | 1.91 million t | 2.43 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.12 million t | 1.99 million t | 2.23 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Nigeria 6.50 million t compare
- 2 India 5.41 million t compare
- 3 Sudan 5.39 million t compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.77 million t compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 4.61 million t compare
- 5 Mexico 4.53 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 800,000 t compare
- 6 Ethiopia 4.10 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Middle Africa?
- Sorghum — production in Middle Africa was 1.99 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.43 million t in 2012.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 465,561 t in 1984.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sorghum — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle 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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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.