Sorghum — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sorghum — Production was 5.45 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 5.45 million t for sorghum — production in 2024.
The figure is up 40.4% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Southern Asia peaked at 13.16 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 3.56 million t, in 2019.
That places Southern Asia 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.28 million t | — |
| 1962 | 10.00 million t | +20.8% |
| 1963 | 9.44 million t | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 9.98 million t | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 7.86 million t | -21.3% |
| 1966 | 9.50 million t | +20.9% |
| 1967 | 10.34 million t | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 10.07 million t | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 10.01 million t | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 8.44 million t | -15.7% |
| 1971 | 8.04 million t | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 7.27 million t | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 9.48 million t | +30.3% |
| 1974 | 10.68 million t | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 9.79 million t | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 10.79 million t | +10.2% |
| 1977 | 12.35 million t | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 11.69 million t | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 11.90 million t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 10.66 million t | -10.4% |
| 1981 | 12.29 million t | +15.2% |
| 1982 | 10.98 million t | -10.7% |
| 1983 | 12.14 million t | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 11.63 million t | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 10.42 million t | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 9.42 million t | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 12.38 million t | +31.4% |
| 1988 | 10.42 million t | -15.8% |
| 1989 | 13.16 million t | +26.3% |
| 1990 | 11.92 million t | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 9.29 million t | -22.1% |
| 1992 | 12.01 million t | +29.3% |
| 1993 | 10.92 million t | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 10.27 million t | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 9.01 million t | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 10.88 million t | +20.7% |
| 1997 | 9.14 million t | -15.9% |
| 1998 | 8.07 million t | -11.7% |
| 1999 | 8.18 million t | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 8.65 million t | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 7.42 million t | -14.2% |
| 2002 | 7.75 million t | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 7.87 million t | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6.07 million t | -22.9% |
| 2005 | 7.42 million t | +22.3% |
| 2006 | 7.44 million t | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 7.73 million t | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 7.03 million t | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 7.11 million t | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 7.52 million t | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 6.99 million t | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 5.65 million t | -19.2% |
| 2013 | 4.95 million t | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 5.56 million t | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 5.12 million t | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 4.53 million t | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 5.03 million t | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 4.41 million t | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 3.56 million t | -19.4% |
| 2020 | 5.16 million t | +45.0% |
| 2021 | 4.49 million t | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 4.08 million t | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 3.88 million t | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 5.45 million t | +40.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.50 million t | 7.86 million t | 10.34 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.04 million t | 7.27 million t | 12.35 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.35 million t | 9.42 million t | 13.16 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.97 million t | 8.07 million t | 12.01 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.45 million t | 6.07 million t | 8.65 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.33 million t | 3.56 million t | 7.52 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.61 million t | 3.88 million t | 5.45 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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 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
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Southern Asia?
- Sorghum — production in Southern Asia was 5.45 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.16 million t in 1989.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.56 million t in 2019.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sorghum — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.