Sorghum — Production in Uganda
Uganda: Sorghum — Production was 225,000 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sorghum — Production in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 225,000 t for sorghum — production in 2024.
The figure is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Uganda peaked at 467,000 t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 97,000 t, in 2019.
That places Uganda 28th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Sorghum — Production in Uganda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 276,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 278,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 281,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 271,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 272,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 271,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 268,000 t | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 254,000 t | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 331,640 t | +30.6% |
| 1970 | 462,000 t | +39.3% |
| 1971 | 348,000 t | -24.7% |
| 1972 | 419,000 t | +20.4% |
| 1973 | 389,000 t | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 345,000 t | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 467,000 t | +35.4% |
| 1976 | 390,000 t | -16.5% |
| 1977 | 344,000 t | -11.8% |
| 1978 | 351,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 316,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1980 | 299,000 t | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 320,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 270,000 t | -15.6% |
| 1983 | 407,000 t | +50.7% |
| 1984 | 247,000 t | -39.3% |
| 1985 | 310,334 t | +25.6% |
| 1986 | 279,652 t | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 315,000 t | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 344,000 t | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 346,802 t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 360,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 363,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 375,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 383,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 390,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 399,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 298,000 t | -25.3% |
| 1997 | 294,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 420,000 t | +42.9% |
| 1999 | 413,000 t | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 361,000 t | -12.6% |
| 2001 | 423,000 t | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 427,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 421,000 t | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 399,000 t | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 449,000 t | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 440,000 t | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 457,578 t | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 342,286 t | -25.2% |
| 2009 | 374,309 t | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 390,779 t | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 437,000 t | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 336,000 t | -23.1% |
| 2013 | 299,000 t | -11.0% |
| 2014 | 298,676 t | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 410,720 t | +37.5% |
| 2016 | 365,622 t | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 202,135 t | -44.7% |
| 2018 | 268,493 t | +32.8% |
| 2019 | 97,000 t | -63.9% |
| 2020 | 162,000 t | +67.0% |
| 2021 | 306,700 t | +89.3% |
| 2022 | 286,000 t | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 266,000 t | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 225,000 t | -15.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 225,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 166,479 t, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 225,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127,000 t, 1.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 278,071 t | 254,000 t | 331,640 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 383,100 t | 316,000 t | 467,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 313,879 t | 247,000 t | 407,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 369,500 t | 294,000 t | 420,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 409,417 t | 342,286 t | 457,578 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 310,542 t | 97,000 t | 437,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 249,140 t | 162,000 t | 306,700 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Uganda?
- Sorghum — production in Uganda was 225,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 467,000 t in 1975.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 97,000 t in 2019.
- How does Uganda rank for sorghum — production?
- Uganda ranks 28th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda 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.