Sorghum — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sorghum — Yield was 4,770 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in China, mainland stood at 4,770 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in China, mainland peaked at 4,965 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 909.1 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places China, mainland 11th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,206 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 1,417 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,928 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 2,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,837 kg/ha | 2,510 kg/ha | 3,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,875 kg/ha | 3,310 kg/ha | 4,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,827 kg/ha | 2,903 kg/ha | 4,846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,622 kg/ha | 4,100 kg/ha | 4,965 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,690 kg/ha | 4,587 kg/ha | 4,770 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.26 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in China, mainland?
- Sorghum — yield in China, mainland was 4,770 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,965 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 909.1 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does China, mainland rank for sorghum — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 11th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.