Sorghum — Yield in Central America
Central America: Sorghum — Yield was 3,323 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Central America, 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 America is 3,323 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Central America peaked at 3,935 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,450 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 9th 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,450 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,492 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 1,464 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 1,480 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 1,761 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 2,016 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 2,096 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 2,220 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 2,408 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 2,454 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 2,327 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 2,125 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 2,482 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 2,449 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 2,582 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 2,816 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 2,713 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 2,665 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 2,940 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 2,782 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 3,279 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1982 | 3,276 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 2,905 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1984 | 2,798 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 3,232 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1986 | 2,855 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 3,088 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 2,999 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 2,806 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 3,001 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 2,772 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 3,402 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1993 | 2,511 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1994 | 2,626 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 2,752 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 2,928 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 2,831 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 3,068 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 2,771 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 2,881 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 3,176 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 2,836 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 3,112 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 3,584 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 3,218 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 3,226 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 3,280 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 3,351 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 3,379 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 3,686 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 3,488 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 3,582 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 3,513 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 3,935 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 2,944 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2016 | 3,104 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 3,212 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 3,273 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 3,126 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 3,081 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 3,202 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 3,320 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 3,464 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 3,323 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,821 kg/ha | 1,450 kg/ha | 2,408 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,555 kg/ha | 2,125 kg/ha | 2,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,002 kg/ha | 2,782 kg/ha | 3,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,866 kg/ha | 2,511 kg/ha | 3,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,204 kg/ha | 2,836 kg/ha | 3,584 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,386 kg/ha | 2,944 kg/ha | 3,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,278 kg/ha | 3,081 kg/ha | 3,464 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 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
- 12 Slovenia 4,667 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 1,067 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Central America?
- Sorghum — yield in Central America was 3,323 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,935 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,450 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for sorghum — yield?
- Central America ranks 9th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.