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Sorghum seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes) by country

Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or...

Countries reporting
41
Highest
97,823 FAO, metric tonnes
Nigeria
Lowest
1 FAO, metric tonnes
Algeria
Median
2,186 FAO, metric tonnes
Years covered
51
1961–2011
Data points
2,316

What the numbers show

Sorghum seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 97,823 FAO, metric tonnes in Nigeria; the lowest is 1 FAO, metric tonnes in Algeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,186 FAO, metric tonnes, and the mean is 11,875 FAO, metric tonnes.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 97,823.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea, The State of (up 210.7%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 75.0%).

Sorghum seed quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 97,823 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 28.6% rising
2 Sudan 75,526 FAO, metric tonnes 2010 up 20.4% volatile
3 Niger 57,577 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 28.5% volatile
4 Mali 50,562 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 82.5% rising
5 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 43,000 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 89.8% rising
6 Cameroon 32,000 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 108.6% rising
7 Burkina Faso 30,274 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 13.3% rising
8 Tanzania, United Republic of 12,168 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 23.8% rising
9 Chad 11,890 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 13.7% rising
10 Uganda 10,920 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 27.7% rising
11 Mozambique, Republic of 9,583 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 155.5% rising
12 Somalia 7,399 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 0.5% falling
13 Zimbabwe 5,620 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 149.8% rising
14 Eritrea, The State of 5,152 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 210.7% rising
15 Kenya 5,083 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 76.1% falling
16 Senegal 4,079 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 31.9% rising
17 Egypt, Arab Republic of 3,000 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 27.9% falling
18 Ghana 2,435 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 27.8% rising
19 Togo 2,430 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 13.2% rising
20 Rwanda 2,387 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 30.5% rising
21 Côte d'Ivoire 2,186 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 9.6% rising
22 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 1,763 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 10.3% falling
23 Benin 1,678 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 42.2% rising
24 Central African Republic 1,640 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 unchanged falling
25 Botswana 1,500 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 37.9% volatile
26 South Africa 1,384 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 8.0% volatile
27 Burundi 1,356 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 18.9% rising
28 Malawi 1,344 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 64.7% volatile
29 Gambia, The 990 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 32.0% volatile
30 Sierra Leone 923 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 77.8% volatile
31 Guinea 850 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 1.4% rising
32 Zambia 554 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 25.9% falling
33 Morocco 420 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 28.8% volatile
34 Namibia 376 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 13.8% rising
35 Guinea-Bissau 373 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 21.1% volatile
36 Lesotho, Kingdom of 285 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 18.3% falling
37 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 212 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 11.3% volatile
38 Madagascar, Republic of 53 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 up 20.5% falling
39 Tunisia 47 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 19.0% volatile
40 Eswatini, Kingdom of 17 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 22.7% volatile
41 Algeria 1 FAO, metric tonnes 2011 down 75.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Sorghum seed quantity (FAO, metric tonnes)
Unit
FAO, metric tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
47 places, 2,316 data points, 1961–2011
Last refreshed

Data include the amounts of the commodity in question set aside for sowing or planting (or generally for reproduction purposes, e.g. sugar cane planted, potatoes for seed, eggs for hatching and fish for bait, whether domestically produced or imported) during the reference period. Account is taken of double or successive sowing or planting whenever it occurs. The data of seed include also, when it is the case, the quantities necessary for sowing or planting the area relating to crops harvested green for fodder or for food.(e.g. green peas, green beans, maize for forage) Data for seed element are stored in tonnes (t). Whenever official data were not available, seed figures have been estimated either as a percentage of supply (e.g. eggs for hatching) or by multiplying a seed rate with the area under the crop of the subsequent year.