Sorghum — Yield in Colombia
Colombia: Sorghum — Yield was 2,374 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Colombia stood at 2,374 kg/ha.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Colombia peaked at 5,707 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,953 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Colombia 38th out of 111 countries 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,048 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,338 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1963 | 2,241 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 2,500 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1965 | 2,333 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 2,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 2,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 2,222 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 2,252 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 2,202 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 2,602 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 2,500 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 2,069 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1974 | 2,226 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 2,500 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 2,464 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 2,144 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1978 | 2,298 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 2,266 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 2,090 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 2,300 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 1,953 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1983 | 2,189 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 2,482 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1985 | 2,597 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 2,645 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 2,713 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2,653 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 2,910 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 2,848 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 2,878 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 3,068 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 3,139 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 2,961 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 3,064 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 3,299 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 3,213 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 3,023 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 3,295 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 2,921 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 2,851 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 3,500 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2003 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,600 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 3,700 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 3,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,710 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 3,700 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 5,707 kg/ha | +54.2% |
| 2011 | 3,898 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2012 | 3,819 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 3,203 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2014 | 3,035 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 2,512 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2016 | 4,362 kg/ha | +73.6% |
| 2017 | 3,846 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 4,049 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2,905 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2020 | 2,493 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2021 | 2,570 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 4,067 kg/ha | +58.3% |
| 2023 | 2,480 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 2024 | 2,374 kg/ha | -4.3% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 2,374 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 2,374 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +73.6% | 2,512 kg/ha | 4,362 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,243 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,327 kg/ha | 2,069 kg/ha | 2,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,453 kg/ha | 1,953 kg/ha | 2,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,079 kg/ha | 2,848 kg/ha | 3,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,488 kg/ha | 2,851 kg/ha | 3,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,734 kg/ha | 2,512 kg/ha | 5,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,797 kg/ha | 2,374 kg/ha | 4,067 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Colombia?
- Sorghum — yield in Colombia was 2,374 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,707 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,953 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Colombia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Colombia ranks 38th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.