Sorghum — Production in Sudan

Sudan: Sorghum — Production was 5.39 million t in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
5.39 million t
Change on year
up 76.6%
World rank
3rd
of 131 countries
All-time high
6.47 million t
in 2016
All-time low
2.25 million t
in 2012
Years of data
13
2012–2024

Sorghum — Production in Sudan, 2012–2024

2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M6.0M2012201820242012: 2.2M t2013: 4.5M t2014: 6.3M t2015: 2.7M t2016: 6.5M t2017: 4.1M t2018: 5.4M t2019: 3.7M t2020: 3.0M t2021: 3.5M t2022: 5.2M t2023: 3.1M t2024: 5.4M t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, sorghum — production in Sudan stood at 5.39 million t.

That represents a change of up 76.6% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Sudan peaked at 6.47 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.25 million t, in 2012.

Sudan ranks 3rd of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 4.44 million t 2.25 million t 6.47 million t 8
2020s 4.05 million t 3.01 million t 5.39 million t 5

Countries ranked near Sudan

  1. 1 Nigeria 6.50 million t compare
  2. 2 India 5.41 million t compare
  3. 4 Sudan (former) 4.61 million t
  4. 5 Mexico 4.53 million t compare
  5. 6 Ethiopia 4.10 million t compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Sudan

All data for Sudan →

Frequently asked questions

What is sorghum — production in Sudan?
Sorghum — production in Sudan was 5.39 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Sudan?
The highest recorded value was 6.47 million t in 2016.
What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Sudan?
The lowest recorded value was 2.25 million t in 2012.
How does Sudan rank for sorghum — production?
Sudan ranks 3rd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Sudan?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Sorghum — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
163 places, 8,613 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.