Sorghum — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sorghum — Production was 483,550 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — production in Western Europe is 483,550 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 41.6% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Western Europe peaked at 561,906 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 18,990 t, in 1961.
That places Western Europe 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,990 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,465 t | +34.1% |
| 1963 | 63,092 t | +147.8% |
| 1964 | 61,796 t | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 83,060 t | +34.4% |
| 1966 | 135,840 t | +63.5% |
| 1967 | 143,990 t | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 198,340 t | +37.7% |
| 1969 | 198,410 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 176,650 t | -11.0% |
| 1971 | 232,500 t | +31.6% |
| 1972 | 234,820 t | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 306,280 t | +30.4% |
| 1974 | 293,090 t | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 309,960 t | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 269,200 t | -13.2% |
| 1977 | 330,580 t | +22.8% |
| 1978 | 397,710 t | +20.3% |
| 1979 | 338,500 t | -14.9% |
| 1980 | 336,100 t | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 320,900 t | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 259,000 t | -19.3% |
| 1983 | 248,000 t | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 262,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 206,000 t | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 172,000 t | -16.5% |
| 1987 | 209,000 t | +21.5% |
| 1988 | 249,653 t | +19.5% |
| 1989 | 300,611 t | +20.4% |
| 1990 | 272,555 t | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 391,264 t | +43.6% |
| 1992 | 561,906 t | +43.6% |
| 1993 | 501,442 t | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 260,948 t | -48.0% |
| 1995 | 252,531 t | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 338,551 t | +34.1% |
| 1997 | 451,637 t | +33.4% |
| 1998 | 355,825 t | -21.2% |
| 1999 | 319,594 t | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 371,009 t | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 397,584 t | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 458,949 t | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 230,721 t | -49.7% |
| 2004 | 256,594 t | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 263,479 t | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 305,521 t | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 288,431 t | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 230,964 t | -19.9% |
| 2009 | 312,537 t | +35.3% |
| 2010 | 293,758 t | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 288,219 t | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 248,025 t | -13.9% |
| 2013 | 288,718 t | +16.4% |
| 2014 | 416,241 t | +44.2% |
| 2015 | 299,144 t | -28.1% |
| 2016 | 279,804 t | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 346,123 t | +23.7% |
| 2018 | 344,070 t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 452,640 t | +31.6% |
| 2020 | 472,020 t | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 419,210 t | -11.2% |
| 2022 | 237,110 t | -43.4% |
| 2023 | 341,460 t | +44.0% |
| 2024 | 483,550 t | +41.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 103,220 t | 18,990 t | 198,410 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 288,929 t | 176,650 t | 397,710 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 256,326 t | 172,000 t | 336,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 370,625 t | 252,531 t | 561,906 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 311,579 t | 230,721 t | 458,949 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 325,674 t | 248,025 t | 452,640 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 390,670 t | 237,110 t | 483,550 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
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- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -0.4719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in Western Europe?
- Sorghum — production in Western Europe was 483,550 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 561,906 t in 1992.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,990 t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for sorghum — production?
- Western Europe ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.