Sorghum — Production in South Sudan
South Sudan: Sorghum — Production was 960,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Production in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — production in South Sudan stood at 960,000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.7% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in South Sudan peaked at 990,000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 538,957 t, in 2018.
South Sudan ranks 17th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Sorghum — Production in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 650,000 t | — |
| 2013 | 720,000 t | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 990,000 t | +37.5% |
| 2015 | 661,356 t | -33.2% |
| 2016 | 592,998 t | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 548,692 t | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 538,957 t | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 590,947 t | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 631,324 t | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 591,004 t | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 759,469 t | +28.5% |
| 2023 | 867,000 t | +14.2% |
| 2024 | 960,000 t | +10.7% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 960,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 166,479 t, 5.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 960,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127,000 t, 7.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 661,619 t | 538,957 t | 990,000 t | 8 |
| 2020s | 761,759 t | 591,004 t | 960,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 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
- 18 Egypt 780,000 t compare
- 19 Chad 720,086 t compare
- 20 Ethiopia PDR 564,929 t
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 78.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.4% (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.4% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in South Sudan?
- Sorghum — production in South Sudan was 960,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 990,000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 538,957 t in 2018.
- How does South Sudan rank for sorghum — production?
- South Sudan ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.