Sorghum — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Sorghum — Yield was 5,200 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Egypt stood at 5,200 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Egypt peaked at 5,796 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,449 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Egypt 8th 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,545 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,449 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 3,591 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 3,553 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 3,838 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 3,950 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 4,010 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 4,031 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 4,085 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 4,161 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 4,113 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 4,096 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 4,168 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 3,913 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 3,771 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 3,807 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 3,775 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 3,722 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 3,717 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 3,733 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 3,767 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 3,708 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 3,764 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 3,667 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 3,825 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 3,893 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 4,138 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 4,443 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 4,558 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 4,692 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 4,972 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 5,125 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 5,337 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 4,627 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 4,477 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 4,352 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 5,043 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1998 | 5,608 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 5,769 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 5,788 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 5,796 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,776 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 5,735 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,667 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 5,612 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 5,686 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 5,676 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 5,626 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 5,529 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 5,006 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 5,346 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 5,303 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 5,378 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 5,416 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,796 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 4,888 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 5,306 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 5,195 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 5,010 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 4,945 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 5,264 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 5,018 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 5,158 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 5,200 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 4.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 5,200 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,783 kg/ha | 3,449 kg/ha | 4,085 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,924 kg/ha | 3,717 kg/ha | 4,168 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,949 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha | 4,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,000 kg/ha | 4,352 kg/ha | 5,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,689 kg/ha | 5,529 kg/ha | 5,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,164 kg/ha | 4,796 kg/ha | 5,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,117 kg/ha | 4,945 kg/ha | 5,264 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 5 Philippines 6,267 kg/ha compare
- 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 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
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Egypt?
- Sorghum — yield in Egypt was 5,200 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 5,796 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,449 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Egypt rank for sorghum — yield?
- Egypt ranks 8th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.