Sorghum — Yield in China
China: Sorghum — Yield was 4,758 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in China is 4,758 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in China peaked at 4,954 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 909.3 kg/ha, in 1962.
China ranks 11th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 926.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 909.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 1,077 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1964 | 1,222 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 1,155 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 | 1,601 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 1,801 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 1,772 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 1,890 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 2,010 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 2,051 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 2,328 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 2,412 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 2,517 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 2,550 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,511 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 3,087 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1984 | 3,152 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 2,898 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 2,887 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,932 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 3,154 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 2,778 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 3,678 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1991 | 3,574 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 3,610 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 4,111 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 4,622 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1995 | 3,921 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1996 | 4,399 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 3,370 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1998 | 4,213 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 3,322 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2000 | 2,915 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 3,452 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2002 | 3,950 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2003 | 3,968 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 4,106 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 4,465 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 4,842 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 3,849 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2008 | 3,751 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 2,998 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 4,478 kg/ha | +49.4% |
| 2011 | 4,092 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 4,093 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,954 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 4,648 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 4,784 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 4,629 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 4,852 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 4,696 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 4,888 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 4,669 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 4,726 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 4,576 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 4,663 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 4,758 kg/ha | +2.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 4,758 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- China's 4,758 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,151 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,206 kg/ha | 909.3 kg/ha | 1,417 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,928 kg/ha | 1,601 kg/ha | 2,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,846 kg/ha | 2,511 kg/ha | 3,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,882 kg/ha | 3,322 kg/ha | 4,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,830 kg/ha | 2,915 kg/ha | 4,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,611 kg/ha | 4,092 kg/ha | 4,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,678 kg/ha | 4,576 kg/ha | 4,758 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 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
- 12 Slovenia 4,667 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 1,067 kg/ha compare
- 13 France 4,450 kg/ha compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 4,429 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in China?
- Sorghum — yield in China was 4,758 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 4,954 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 909.3 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for sorghum — yield?
- China ranks 11th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.