Sorghum — Yield in Angola
Angola: Sorghum — Yield was 245.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Angola, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 245.7 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Angola peaked at 409.1 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 92.9 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Angola 109th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Angola, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 333.3 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 357.1 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 340 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 294.1 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 333.3 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 409.1 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 403.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 92.9 kg/ha | -77.0% |
| 2009 | 248 kg/ha | +167.0% |
| 2010 | 281.4 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 332 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2012 | 99.8 kg/ha | -69.9% |
| 2013 | 241.5 kg/ha | +142.0% |
| 2014 | 242.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 250.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 219.3 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 226.6 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 271.2 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 221.1 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2020 | 228.6 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 226.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 233.4 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 235.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 245.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 245.7 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Angola's 245.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +167.0% | 92.9 kg/ha | 248 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +142.0% | 99.8 kg/ha | 241.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 314.42 kg/ha | 92.9 kg/ha | 409.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 238.53 kg/ha | 99.8 kg/ha | 332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 234 kg/ha | 226.9 kg/ha | 245.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Angola?
- Sorghum — yield in Angola was 245.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 409.1 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.9 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Angola rank for sorghum — yield?
- Angola ranks 109th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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.