Sorghum — Production in Niger
Niger: Sorghum — Production was 1.91 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Niger, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — production in Niger stood at 1.91 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.2% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Niger peaked at 2.13 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 126,134 t, in 1973.
Niger ranks 13th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Production in Niger, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 275,440 t | — |
| 1962 | 320,375 t | +16.3% |
| 1963 | 352,000 t | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 315,425 t | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 265,600 t | -15.8% |
| 1966 | 277,082 t | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 342,162 t | +23.5% |
| 1968 | 215,100 t | -37.1% |
| 1969 | 289,300 t | +34.5% |
| 1970 | 230,200 t | -20.4% |
| 1971 | 266,800 t | +15.9% |
| 1972 | 208,400 t | -21.9% |
| 1973 | 126,134 t | -39.5% |
| 1974 | 218,850 t | +73.5% |
| 1975 | 253,800 t | +16.0% |
| 1976 | 286,600 t | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 342,000 t | +19.3% |
| 1978 | 371,200 t | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 350,795 t | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 367,900 t | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 321,600 t | -12.6% |
| 1982 | 358,731 t | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 355,415 t | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 236,496 t | -33.5% |
| 1985 | 329,212 t | +39.2% |
| 1986 | 360,363 t | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 365,845 t | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 560,186 t | +53.1% |
| 1989 | 421,876 t | -24.7% |
| 1990 | 281,276 t | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 290,977 t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 390,000 t | +34.0% |
| 1993 | 300,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1994 | 304,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 418,000 t | +37.5% |
| 1996 | 271,000 t | -35.2% |
| 1997 | 410,000 t | +51.3% |
| 1998 | 503,000 t | +22.7% |
| 1999 | 476,000 t | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 371,000 t | -22.1% |
| 2001 | 663,609 t | +78.9% |
| 2002 | 669,709 t | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 557,000 t | -16.8% |
| 2004 | 559,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 944,000 t | +68.9% |
| 2006 | 929,000 t | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 975,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million t | +34.5% |
| 2009 | 738,661 t | -43.7% |
| 2010 | 1.30 million t | +76.2% |
| 2011 | 770,322 t | -40.8% |
| 2012 | 1.38 million t | +78.6% |
| 2013 | 1.32 million t | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 1.43 million t | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 1.92 million t | +34.5% |
| 2016 | 1.81 million t | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 1.95 million t | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 2.10 million t | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1.90 million t | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 2.13 million t | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 1.21 million t | -43.4% |
| 2022 | 2.10 million t | +74.1% |
| 2023 | 1.70 million t | -19.1% |
| 2024 | 1.91 million t | +12.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 1.91 million t is above the median for low income countries, which is 166,479 t, 11.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Niger's 1.91 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127,000 t, 15.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 294,720 t | 215,100 t | 352,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 265,478 t | 126,134 t | 371,200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 367,762 t | 236,496 t | 560,186 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 364,425 t | 271,000 t | 503,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 771,812 t | 371,000 t | 1.31 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.59 million t | 770,322 t | 2.10 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.81 million t | 1.21 million t | 2.13 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 10 Argentina 2.50 million t compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,009 t compare
- 11 Australia 2.44 million t compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 7,209 t compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2.44 million t compare
- 12 Melanesia 5,023 t compare
- 13 Türkiye 96 t compare
- 14 Burkina Faso 1.90 million t compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 17.41 t compare
- 14 Micronesia 17.41 t compare
- 15 Mali 1.64 million t compare
- 16 Cameroon 1.20 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Niger?
- Sorghum — production in Niger was 1.91 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 126,134 t in 1973.
- How does Niger rank for sorghum — production?
- Niger ranks 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger 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.