Sorghum — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Sorghum — Production was 8.73 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — production in Northern America is 8.73 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Northern America peaked at 28.46 million t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 4.77 million t, in 2022.
Northern America ranks 8th of 28 groups 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12.20 million t | — |
| 1962 | 12.96 million t | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 14.87 million t | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 12.44 million t | -16.3% |
| 1965 | 17.09 million t | +37.3% |
| 1966 | 18.16 million t | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 19.19 million t | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 18.58 million t | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 18.54 million t | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 17.35 million t | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 22.05 million t | +27.1% |
| 1972 | 20.36 million t | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 23.45 million t | +15.2% |
| 1974 | 15.82 million t | -32.6% |
| 1975 | 19.16 million t | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 18.05 million t | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 19.84 million t | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 18.58 million t | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 20.51 million t | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 14.72 million t | -28.2% |
| 1981 | 22.25 million t | +51.2% |
| 1982 | 21.21 million t | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 12.38 million t | -41.6% |
| 1984 | 22.00 million t | +77.7% |
| 1985 | 28.46 million t | +29.3% |
| 1986 | 23.85 million t | -16.2% |
| 1987 | 18.56 million t | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 14.65 million t | -21.1% |
| 1989 | 15.63 million t | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 14.56 million t | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 14.86 million t | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 22.23 million t | +49.6% |
| 1993 | 13.57 million t | -39.0% |
| 1994 | 16.40 million t | +20.9% |
| 1995 | 11.65 million t | -29.0% |
| 1996 | 20.20 million t | +73.4% |
| 1997 | 16.09 million t | -20.3% |
| 1998 | 13.21 million t | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 15.12 million t | +14.5% |
| 2000 | 11.95 million t | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 13.06 million t | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 9.16 million t | -29.8% |
| 2003 | 10.45 million t | +14.0% |
| 2004 | 11.52 million t | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 9.98 million t | -13.4% |
| 2006 | 7.03 million t | -29.5% |
| 2007 | 12.64 million t | +79.7% |
| 2008 | 12.09 million t | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 9.69 million t | -19.8% |
| 2010 | 8.78 million t | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 5.41 million t | -38.3% |
| 2012 | 6.29 million t | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 9.97 million t | +58.4% |
| 2014 | 10.99 million t | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 15.16 million t | +38.0% |
| 2016 | 12.20 million t | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 9.19 million t | -24.7% |
| 2018 | 9.27 million t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 8.67 million t | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 9.47 million t | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 11.37 million t | +20.1% |
| 2022 | 4.77 million t | -58.1% |
| 2023 | 8.07 million t | +69.2% |
| 2024 | 8.73 million t | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.00 million t | 12.20 million t | 19.19 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.52 million t | 15.82 million t | 23.45 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.37 million t | 12.38 million t | 28.46 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.79 million t | 11.65 million t | 22.23 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.76 million t | 7.03 million t | 13.06 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.59 million t | 5.41 million t | 15.16 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.48 million t | 4.77 million t | 11.37 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 5 Mexico 4.53 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 800,000 t compare
- 6 Ethiopia 4.10 million t compare
- 7 Brazil 4.09 million t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 42,080 t compare
- 8 China 3.07 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 36,463 t compare
- 9 China, mainland 3.07 million t compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 10,885 t compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -0.5402 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.3573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0.5317 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Northern America?
- Sorghum — production in Northern America was 8.73 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 28.46 million t in 1985.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.77 million t in 2022.
- How does Northern America rank for sorghum — production?
- Northern America ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.