Sorghum — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sorghum — Yield was 4,452 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 4,452 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 16.6% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 5,970 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,448 kg/ha, in 1962.
European Union (27) ranks 4th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,551 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,448 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 1,691 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 1,906 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1965 | 2,129 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1966 | 2,389 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1967 | 2,282 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 3,092 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1969 | 3,123 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 3,270 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 3,868 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1972 | 3,143 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1973 | 3,988 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1974 | 4,085 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 3,502 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 2,868 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 3,512 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1978 | 4,082 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1979 | 4,094 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 4,083 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 4,397 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 4,044 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 3,818 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 4,012 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 4,062 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 4,263 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 4,703 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 4,590 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 4,293 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 3,962 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 5,008 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1992 | 4,960 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 5,402 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 4,779 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1995 | 5,095 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 5,276 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 5,853 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1998 | 5,008 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1999 | 5,792 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 5,776 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 5,441 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 5,882 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 3,878 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 2004 | 5,128 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2005 | 5,079 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 5,350 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 5,312 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 5,360 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 5,309 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 5,365 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 5,774 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 4,170 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2013 | 5,038 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2014 | 5,970 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2015 | 5,239 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 5,645 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 5,374 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 5,696 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 5,379 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 5,298 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 5,393 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 4,194 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2023 | 5,338 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2024 | 4,452 kg/ha | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,179 kg/ha | 1,448 kg/ha | 3,123 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,641 kg/ha | 2,868 kg/ha | 4,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,226 kg/ha | 3,818 kg/ha | 4,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,113 kg/ha | 3,962 kg/ha | 5,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,252 kg/ha | 3,878 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,365 kg/ha | 4,170 kg/ha | 5,970 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,935 kg/ha | 4,194 kg/ha | 5,393 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 1 Oman 56,390 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 8,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 Jordan 19,954 kg/ha compare
- 2 Melanesia 4,424 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,730 kg/ha compare
- 3 Israel 14,268 kg/ha compare
- 4 Austria 6,626 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in European Union (27)?
- Sorghum — yield in European Union (27) was 4,452 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 5,970 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,448 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sorghum — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.