Sorghum — Yield in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Sorghum — Yield was 500 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Central African Republic is 500 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 44.4% on the previous year and down 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Central African Republic peaked at 1,262 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 339 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central African Republic ranks 103rd of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 339 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 619 kg/ha | +82.6% |
| 1963 | 619 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 626.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 764.7 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1966 | 809.5 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 634.6 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1968 | 619 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 775 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1970 | 809.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 777.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 829.8 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 820 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 618.2 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1975 | 622.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 611.1 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 702.1 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1978 | 627.5 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1979 | 660.7 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 654.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 704.9 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 703.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 1,053 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 1,011 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 1,233 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1987 | 827.7 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1988 | 1,225 kg/ha | +48.0% |
| 1989 | 1,260 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 777.2 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 1991 | 1,009 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1992 | 1,262 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1993 | 1,158 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 802 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1995 | 734.3 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 783.5 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 842.4 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 843.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 766 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 696.7 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 804.8 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2002 | 1,032 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2003 | 849.6 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 822.1 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 892.9 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 947.8 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 926.9 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 1,171 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2012 | 1,171 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,055 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 1,002 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 972.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 964.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 948.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 914.7 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 899.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 455.4 kg/ha | -49.4% |
| 2021 | 455.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 455.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 900 kg/ha | +97.6% |
| 2024 | 500 kg/ha | -44.4% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 500 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 500 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Central African Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +97.6% | 455.4 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +82.6% | 339 kg/ha | 619 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 645.19 kg/ha | 339 kg/ha | 809.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 707.93 kg/ha | 611.1 kg/ha | 829.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 967.2 kg/ha | 654.5 kg/ha | 1,260 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 897.74 kg/ha | 734.3 kg/ha | 1,262 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 904.61 kg/ha | 696.7 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,002 kg/ha | 899.9 kg/ha | 1,171 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 553.24 kg/ha | 455.4 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 27.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Central African Republic?
- Sorghum — yield in Central African Republic was 500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1,262 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 339 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central African Republic rank for sorghum — yield?
- Central African Republic ranks 103rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.