Sorghum — Yield in Fiji
Fiji: Sorghum — Yield was 3,460 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Fiji stood at 3,460 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Fiji peaked at 3,633 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 641.8 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Fiji 23rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Fiji, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,083 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 2,188 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 2,140 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 2,129 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 2,133 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 2,150 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 2,131 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 2,188 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 3,255 kg/ha | +48.8% |
| 1974 | 1,881 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1975 | 3,212 kg/ha | +70.8% |
| 1976 | 2,141 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | -53.3% |
| 1978 | 2,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 864.2 kg/ha | -56.8% |
| 1981 | 641.8 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1982 | 1,143 kg/ha | +78.1% |
| 1983 | 1,596 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1984 | 1,475 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 1,833 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,667 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 2,500 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 2,656 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 2,688 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 2,720 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 2,751 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 3,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 2,801 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 2,821 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 2,839 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 2,858 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,875 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,892 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 2,909 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 2,926 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 2,949 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 2,978 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 3,007 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,909 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 3,075 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 3,113 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 3,152 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 3,190 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 3,229 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 3,429 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 3,393 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3,331 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 3,382 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 3,409 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 3,448 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 3,485 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3,633 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 3,460 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 3,463 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,456 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 3,460 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 3,460 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 3,460 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,151 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +100.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +78.1% | 641.8 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +70.8% | 1,881 kg/ha | 3,212 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -56.8% | 2,000 kg/ha | 864.2 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -53.3% | 2,141 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1973 | +48.8% | 2,188 kg/ha | 3,255 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,075 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,188 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,196 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3,255 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,622 kg/ha | 641.8 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,763 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,963 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha | 3,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,345 kg/ha | 3,152 kg/ha | 3,485 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,494 kg/ha | 3,456 kg/ha | 3,633 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Fiji?
- Sorghum — yield in Fiji was 3,460 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 3,633 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 641.8 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Fiji rank for sorghum — yield?
- Fiji ranks 23rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.