Sorghum — Yield in Eritrea
Eritrea: Sorghum — Yield was 518.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Eritrea is 518.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Eritrea peaked at 1,142 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 156.2 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Eritrea 101st out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 319.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 902.8 kg/ha | +182.4% |
| 1995 | 482 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1996 | 246.3 kg/ha | -48.9% |
| 1997 | 285 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1998 | 1,142 kg/ha | +300.7% |
| 1999 | 876.6 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2000 | 411.8 kg/ha | -53.0% |
| 2001 | 475 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2002 | 156.2 kg/ha | -67.1% |
| 2003 | 318.8 kg/ha | +104.1% |
| 2004 | 268 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2005 | 790.7 kg/ha | +195.0% |
| 2006 | 792.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,069 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2008 | 272.7 kg/ha | -74.5% |
| 2009 | 235.8 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 256 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 517 kg/ha | +102.0% |
| 2012 | 523.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 522.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 520.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 518.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 518.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 518.5 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 518.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +300.7% | 285 kg/ha | 1,142 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +195.0% | 268 kg/ha | 790.7 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +182.4% | 319.7 kg/ha | 902.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 607.77 kg/ha | 246.3 kg/ha | 1,142 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 479.11 kg/ha | 156.2 kg/ha | 1,069 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 493.17 kg/ha | 256 kg/ha | 523.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 518.5 kg/ha | 518.5 kg/ha | 518.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 98 Madagascar 566.8 kg/ha compare
- 99 Niger 556.3 kg/ha compare
- 100 Haiti 531.4 kg/ha compare
- 102 Tunisia 515.8 kg/ha compare
- 103 Central African Republic 500 kg/ha compare
- 104 New Caledonia 493.9 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Eritrea?
- Sorghum — yield in Eritrea was 518.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,142 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 156.2 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for sorghum — yield?
- Eritrea ranks 101st out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.