Sorghum — Yield in Algeria
Algeria: Sorghum — Yield was 3,720 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Yield in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 3,720 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Algeria peaked at 25,521 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 452.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Algeria 20th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Yield in Algeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 452.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 666.7 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1963 | 951.1 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 1964 | 782.8 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1965 | 766.9 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 790 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 850.6 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 1,002 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1969 | 883 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 856.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 697.9 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1972 | 1,073 kg/ha | +53.8% |
| 1973 | 1,388 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1974 | 779.5 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 1975 | 1,460 kg/ha | +87.3% |
| 1976 | 1,432 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 1,269 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 2,112 kg/ha | +66.5% |
| 1979 | 3,178 kg/ha | +50.5% |
| 1980 | 2,185 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1981 | 1,613 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1982 | 1,930 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1983 | 2,640 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1984 | 1,742 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1985 | 911.1 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 1986 | 1,538 kg/ha | +68.9% |
| 1987 | 1,889 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1988 | 2,523 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1989 | 1,863 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1990 | 1,657 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 2,423 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | +65.1% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 1,267 kg/ha | -74.7% |
| 1996 | 1,475 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1997 | 4,000 kg/ha | +171.2% |
| 1998 | 2,450 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1999 | 2,700 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 6,950 kg/ha | +157.4% |
| 2001 | 2,775 kg/ha | -60.1% |
| 2002 | 3,390 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2003 | 2,639 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2004 | 4,332 kg/ha | +64.1% |
| 2005 | 3,349 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2006 | 5,673 kg/ha | +69.4% |
| 2007 | 11,906 kg/ha | +109.9% |
| 2008 | 6,179 kg/ha | -48.1% |
| 2009 | 9,046 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2010 | 3,029 kg/ha | -66.5% |
| 2011 | 10,000 kg/ha | +230.2% |
| 2012 | 20,600 kg/ha | +106.0% |
| 2013 | 6,000 kg/ha | -70.9% |
| 2014 | 6,200 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 12,169 kg/ha | +96.3% |
| 2016 | 25,521 kg/ha | +109.7% |
| 2017 | 15,939 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 2018 | 13,666 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 7,023 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 2020 | 3,765 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 2021 | 3,676 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 8,039 kg/ha | +118.7% |
| 2023 | 3,720 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 2024 | 3,720 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 3,720 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 3,720 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 793.92 kg/ha | 452.6 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,425 kg/ha | 697.9 kg/ha | 3,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,884 kg/ha | 911.1 kg/ha | 2,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,775 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 5,624 kg/ha | 2,639 kg/ha | 11,906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,015 kg/ha | 3,029 kg/ha | 25,521 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,584 kg/ha | 3,676 kg/ha | 8,039 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Algeria?
- Sorghum — yield in Algeria was 3,720 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 25,521 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 452.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for sorghum — yield?
- Algeria ranks 20th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.