Sorghum — Yield by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sorghum — Yield is currently reported for 124 countries. The highest value is 56,390 kg/ha in Oman; the lowest is 26.5 kg/ha in Namibia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,558 kg/ha, and the mean is 2,726 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,128.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 364.7%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 88.9%).
Sorghum — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 56,390 kg/ha | 2024 | up 281.6% | volatile |
| 1 | Türkiye | 8,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 2 | Jordan | 19,954 kg/ha | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Melanesia | 4,424 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 3 | Israel | 14,268 kg/ha | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,730 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 4 | Austria | 6,626 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 4 | Micronesia | 2,392 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2,392 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | Philippines | 6,267 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 6,154 kg/ha | 2024 | up 337.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2,251 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 5,916 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,013 kg/ha | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 5,200 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 1,726 kg/ha | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Panama | 5,186 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 10 | China, mainland | 4,770 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,324 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | China | 4,758 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 4,667 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,067 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 13 | France | 4,450 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | 4,429 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 4,186 kg/ha | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 693 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 16 | Slovakia | 4,132 kg/ha | 2024 | up 122.5% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 4,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 3,985 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 3,977 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 20 | Algeria | 3,720 kg/ha | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 3,517 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 22 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,491 kg/ha | 2005 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 23 | Fiji | 3,460 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Uruguay | 3,261 kg/ha | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 25 | Croatia | 3,179 kg/ha | 2017 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 26 | Serbia | 3,165 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 664.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 3,151 kg/ha | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 3,151 kg/ha | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 625.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 3,113 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 3,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 31 | Belize | 2,835 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 32 | Iraq | 2,803 kg/ha | 2024 | up 207.0% | rising |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 2,783 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 2,596 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Greece | 2,543 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 2,485 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Paraguay | 2,375 kg/ha | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Colombia | 2,374 kg/ha | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 39 | Lebanon | 2,342 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 40 | South Africa | 2,328 kg/ha | 2024 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 41 | Yugoslav SFR | 2,134 kg/ha | 1991 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 2,000 kg/ha | 1991 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 43 | Czechoslovakia | 1,974 kg/ha | 1992 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 1,956 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 1,933 kg/ha | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 1,928 kg/ha | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 1,909 kg/ha | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Thailand | 1,852 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,808 kg/ha | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Republic of Korea | 1,796 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 1,712 kg/ha | 2024 | up 109.2% | rising |
| 52 | Ecuador | 1,706 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 53 | Cameroon | 1,622 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 54 | El Salvador | 1,613 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 55 | Cuba | 1,503 kg/ha | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 1,500 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 57 | Guinea | 1,444 kg/ha | 2024 | up 35.7% | flat |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 1,406 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 59 | Botswana | 1,325 kg/ha | 2024 | up 364.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Benin | 1,315 kg/ha | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 1,271 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 62 | Russian Federation | 1,268 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 1,260 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 64 | Guatemala | 1,242 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 65 | Maldives | 1,232 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 66 | Ethiopia PDR | 1,225 kg/ha | 1992 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 1,216 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 68 | Rwanda | 1,214 kg/ha | 2024 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 69 | Palestine | 1,194 kg/ha | 2022 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 70 | India | 1,174 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,160 kg/ha | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 72 | USSR | 1,122 kg/ha | 1991 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 73 | Japan | 1,111 kg/ha | 1968 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 74 | Honduras | 1,088 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 1,084 kg/ha | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Nigeria | 1,066 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 77 | Malawi | 1,053 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 1,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 78 | Sierra Leone | 1,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 78 | Eswatini | 1,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 78 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 82 | Kenya | 970.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 83 | Mali | 968.8 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 83 | Togo | 968.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 85 | Myanmar | 954.8 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 86 | South Sudan | 942.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.0% | flat |
| 87 | Morocco | 892.6 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Pakistan | 827.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 89 | Gambia | 752.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 90 | Chad | 716.2 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 91 | Uganda | 703.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 92 | Sudan (former) | 634.6 kg/ha | 2011 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 93 | Zambia | 633.2 kg/ha | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 94 | Sudan | 632.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 95 | Mozambique | 606.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 96 | Burundi | 603 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 97 | Yemen | 570.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 30.2% | flat |
| 98 | Madagascar | 566.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 99 | Niger | 556.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 100 | Haiti | 531.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 101 | Eritrea | 518.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 102 | Tunisia | 515.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 500 kg/ha | 2024 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 493.9 kg/ha | 2018 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 105 | Mauritania | 475 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 466.7 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 107 | Lesotho | 395.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 108 | Albania | 377.3 kg/ha | 1992 | down 68.6% | rising |
| 109 | Angola | 245.7 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 110 | Somalia | 224 kg/ha | 2024 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 111 | Namibia | 26.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 88.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Europe 5,463 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 4,611 kg/ha
- Western Europe 4,563 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 4,452 kg/ha
- Northern America 3,851 kg/ha
- United States of America 3,851 kg/ha
- Europe 3,487 kg/ha
- Americas 3,425 kg/ha
- Central America 3,323 kg/ha
- Asia 1,582 kg/ha
- Oceania 3,153 kg/ha
- South America 3,151 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,216 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 2,241 kg/ha
- Central Asia 2,086 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 1,017 kg/ha
- Western Asia 1,488 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 861.6 kg/ha
- World 1,452 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 1,352 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 1,237 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 1,170 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,124 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 1,077 kg/ha
- Africa 948.9 kg/ha
- Western Africa 934.3 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 891.7 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 889 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 711.7 kg/ha
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.