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 10th out of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 926.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 909.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 1,077 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1964 | 1,222 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 1,154 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 1,385 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1967 | 1,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,417 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,379 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 1,686 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1971 | 1,731 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,600 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 1,800 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 1,771 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 1,889 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 2,009 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 2,050 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 2,328 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 2,412 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 2,516 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 2,548 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,510 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 3,086 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1984 | 3,148 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 2,882 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1986 | 2,870 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,912 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 3,136 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 2,762 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 3,674 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1991 | 3,562 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 3,596 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 4,106 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1994 | 4,627 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 3,914 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1996 | 4,392 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 3,356 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1998 | 4,214 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1999 | 3,310 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2000 | 2,903 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 3,444 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2002 | 3,947 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 3,964 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 4,102 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 4,467 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 4,846 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 3,848 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2008 | 3,750 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 2,997 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 4,484 kg/ha | +49.6% |
| 2011 | 4,100 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 4,101 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,965 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 4,659 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 4,794 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 4,648 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 4,867 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 4,702 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 4,898 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 4,679 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 4,736 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 4,587 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 4,676 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 4,770 kg/ha | +2.0% |
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
- 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 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
- 13 France 4,450 kg/ha compare
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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 10th out of 111 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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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.