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 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,481 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 2,457 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 2,304 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 2,801 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1966 | 3,032 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 2,777 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 2,825 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 2,909 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 2,715 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 2,880 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 3,034 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 3,112 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 2,636 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1975 | 2,816 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 2,908 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 3,096 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 3,107 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 3,383 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 2,695 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1981 | 3,623 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1982 | 3,356 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 2,950 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1984 | 3,158 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 3,671 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1986 | 3,596 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 3,578 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 3,362 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 3,054 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 3,384 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 3,265 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 3,985 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1993 | 3,359 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1994 | 3,704 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 3,128 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1996 | 3,644 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 3,592 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 3,659 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 3,598 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 3,282 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 3,401 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 3,074 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 3,176 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 3,669 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 3,573 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 3,228 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 3,769 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 3,594 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 3,563 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 3,831 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 3,387 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 3,445 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3,406 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 3,797 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 3,935 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 3,881 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 3,638 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 3,651 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 3,751 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 3,687 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 3,733 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,874 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2023 | 3,180 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 3,425 kg/ha | +7.7% |
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 Philippines 6,267 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 6,154 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,251 kg/ha compare
- 7 Italy 5,916 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 2,013 kg/ha compare
- 8 Egypt 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 1,726 kg/ha compare
- 9 Panama 5,186 kg/ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 4,770 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,324 kg/ha compare
- 11 China 4,758 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (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 27 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.