Sorghum — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Sorghum — Yield was 3,985 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Argentina stood at 3,985 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.9% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Argentina peaked at 5,269 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1,291 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Argentina 18th out of 111 countries 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,877 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,856 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 1,420 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1964 | 1,511 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 1,291 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1966 | 2,124 kg/ha | +64.5% |
| 1967 | 1,566 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1968 | 1,606 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 1,796 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 1,928 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 2,019 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 1,574 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1973 | 2,267 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 1974 | 2,494 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 2,456 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 2,716 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 2,735 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 3,140 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1979 | 2,967 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 2,314 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 3,595 kg/ha | +55.3% |
| 1982 | 3,187 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1983 | 3,214 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 2,911 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 3,155 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 3,125 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 3,067 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 3,347 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 2,340 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1990 | 2,812 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1991 | 3,332 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 3,622 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 3,953 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 3,506 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 3,459 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 3,876 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 3,684 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 4,810 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1999 | 4,384 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 4,648 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 4,743 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 5,269 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 5,032 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 4,553 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 5,187 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 4,678 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 4,702 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 4,747 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 3,875 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 4,816 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2011 | 4,403 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 4,653 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 4,085 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 4,401 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 4,704 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 4,498 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 4,663 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 3,574 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2019 | 4,674 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2020 | 4,630 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,434 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 4,120 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 3,218 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2024 | 3,985 kg/ha | +23.9% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 3,985 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 3,985 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,672 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha | 2,124 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,429 kg/ha | 1,574 kg/ha | 3,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,026 kg/ha | 2,314 kg/ha | 3,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,744 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 4,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,743 kg/ha | 3,875 kg/ha | 5,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,447 kg/ha | 3,574 kg/ha | 4,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,077 kg/ha | 3,218 kg/ha | 4,630 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Argentina?
- Sorghum — yield in Argentina was 3,985 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 5,269 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,291 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Argentina rank for sorghum — yield?
- Argentina ranks 18th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.