Sorghum — Yield in Albania
Albania: Sorghum — Yield was 377.3 kg/ha in 1992. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Albania, 1961–1992
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1992, sorghum — yield in Albania stood at 377.3 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 43.4% on the previous year and down 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Albania peaked at 1,650 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 377.3 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Albania 108th out of 111 countries with data for 1992, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Albania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 537.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 567.2 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 699.7 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1964 | 763.5 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 726.3 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 917.3 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1967 | 911.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 1,650 kg/ha | +81.0% |
| 1969 | 1,153 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1970 | 1,155 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 987.8 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1972 | 900 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 1,100 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1974 | 1,125 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,167 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 1,154 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 1,200 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,296 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 1,296 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,296 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,295 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 1,280 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 1,278 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 1,281 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 1,250 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 666.7 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1992 | 377.3 kg/ha | -43.4% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 377.3 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 16% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Albania's 377.3 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,139 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +81.0% | 911.8 kg/ha | 1,650 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -46.7% | 1,250 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -43.4% | 666.7 kg/ha | 377.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 880.78 kg/ha | 537.9 kg/ha | 1,650 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,099 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,262 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 764.67 kg/ha | 377.3 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Albania?
- Sorghum — yield in Albania was 377.3 kg/ha in 1992, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 1,650 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 377.3 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Albania rank for sorghum — yield?
- Albania ranks 108th out of 111 countries with data for 1992.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.