Sorghum — Production in Oceania
Oceania: Sorghum — Production was 2.45 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Production in Oceania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — production in Oceania stood at 2.45 million t.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 90.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Oceania peaked at 3.79 million t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 163,418 t, in 1961.
Oceania ranks 16th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Production in Oceania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 163,418 t | — |
| 1962 | 254,986 t | +56.0% |
| 1963 | 279,263 t | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 214,994 t | -23.0% |
| 1965 | 195,379 t | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 194,979 t | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 319,719 t | +64.0% |
| 1968 | 289,400 t | -9.5% |
| 1969 | 295,595 t | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 549,060 t | +85.7% |
| 1971 | 1.30 million t | +136.9% |
| 1972 | 1.23 million t | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 1.02 million t | -17.1% |
| 1974 | 1.06 million t | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 903,215 t | -15.0% |
| 1976 | 1.12 million t | +24.5% |
| 1977 | 958,146 t | -14.8% |
| 1978 | 717,712 t | -25.1% |
| 1979 | 1.13 million t | +57.1% |
| 1980 | 925,366 t | -17.9% |
| 1981 | 1.21 million t | +30.5% |
| 1982 | 1.32 million t | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 960,355 t | -27.2% |
| 1984 | 1.89 million t | +96.5% |
| 1985 | 1.37 million t | -27.4% |
| 1986 | 1.42 million t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 1.42 million t | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 1.63 million t | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 1.24 million t | -23.8% |
| 1990 | 946,733 t | -23.9% |
| 1991 | 751,653 t | -20.6% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million t | +92.7% |
| 1993 | 549,512 t | -62.1% |
| 1994 | 1.09 million t | +97.6% |
| 1995 | 1.28 million t | +17.5% |
| 1996 | 1.59 million t | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 1.43 million t | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 1.08 million t | -24.1% |
| 1999 | 1.89 million t | +74.7% |
| 2000 | 2.12 million t | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 1.94 million t | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 2.02 million t | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 1.47 million t | -27.5% |
| 2004 | 2.01 million t | +37.1% |
| 2005 | 2.01 million t | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.94 million t | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1.29 million t | -33.5% |
| 2008 | 3.79 million t | +194.6% |
| 2009 | 2.70 million t | -28.9% |
| 2010 | 1.51 million t | -43.9% |
| 2011 | 1.94 million t | +28.3% |
| 2012 | 2.24 million t | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 2.23 million t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.29 million t | -42.4% |
| 2015 | 2.21 million t | +72.1% |
| 2016 | 1.80 million t | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 999,024 t | -44.4% |
| 2018 | 1.26 million t | +26.4% |
| 2019 | 1.17 million t | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 402,581 t | -65.5% |
| 2021 | 1.64 million t | +308.4% |
| 2022 | 2.65 million t | +61.4% |
| 2023 | 2.33 million t | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 2.45 million t | +4.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Production in Oceania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +308.4% | 402,581 t | 1.64 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245,304 t | 163,418 t | 319,719 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 999,326 t | 549,060 t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.34 million t | 925,366 t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.21 million t | 549,512 t | 1.89 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.13 million t | 1.29 million t | 3.79 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.67 million t | 999,024 t | 2.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.90 million t | 402,581 t | 2.65 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 13 Niger 1.91 million 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
- 17 South Sudan 960,000 t compare
- 18 Egypt 780,000 t compare
- 19 Chad 720,086 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Oceania
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing 8.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production, annual growth rate 42.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 38.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production, annual growth rate 8.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, annual growth rate 0.0734 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual 11.04 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Oceania?
- Sorghum — production in Oceania was 2.45 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 3.79 million t in 2008.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,418 t in 1961.
- How does Oceania rank for sorghum — production?
- Oceania ranks 16th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Oceania 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.