Sorghum — Yield in Americas
Americas: Sorghum — Yield was 3,425 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Americas stood at 3,425 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 7.7% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Americas peaked at 3,985 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,304 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Americas 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,676 kg/ha | 2,304 kg/ha | 3,032 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,969 kg/ha | 2,636 kg/ha | 3,383 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,304 kg/ha | 2,695 kg/ha | 3,671 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,532 kg/ha | 3,128 kg/ha | 3,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,433 kg/ha | 3,074 kg/ha | 3,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,672 kg/ha | 3,387 kg/ha | 3,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,380 kg/ha | 2,874 kg/ha | 3,733 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 5 Austria 6,626 kg/ha compare
- 6 Philippines 6,267 kg/ha compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 6,154 kg/ha compare
- 8 Italy 5,916 kg/ha compare
- 9 Egypt 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 10 Panama 5,186 kg/ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 4,770 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 32.73 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Americas?
- Sorghum — yield in Americas was 3,425 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3,985 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,304 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Americas rank for sorghum — yield?
- Americas ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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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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.