Sorghum — Yield in Haiti
Haiti: Sorghum — Yield was 531.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Haiti stood at 531.4 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Haiti peaked at 1,038 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 316.8 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Haiti 100th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Haiti, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 915 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 917.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 920 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 925 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 935 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 936.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 940 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 945 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 985.8 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 976.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 981.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 981.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 843.8 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1974 | 931 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 964.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 1,038 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 730 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1978 | 600 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1979 | 786.7 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1980 | 741 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 759.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 687.7 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1983 | 739 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 758.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 851.2 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1986 | 800 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 799.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 807.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 800 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 818.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 833.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 787.5 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 750 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 767.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 746.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 769.2 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 740 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 769.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 700 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 625 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 779.1 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2003 | 791.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 826.1 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 869.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 869.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 869.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 869.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,012 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 926.2 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 908.6 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 897.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 852.9 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 745.3 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2015 | 539.6 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 2016 | 316.8 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 2017 | 413.6 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2018 | 520.3 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2019 | 1,027 kg/ha | +97.4% |
| 2020 | 333.8 kg/ha | -67.5% |
| 2021 | 568.1 kg/ha | +70.2% |
| 2022 | 576 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 548.6 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 531.4 kg/ha | -3.1% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 531.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 531.4 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +97.4% | 520.3 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +70.2% | 333.8 kg/ha | 568.1 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -67.5% | 1,027 kg/ha | 333.8 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -41.3% | 539.6 kg/ha | 316.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 935.53 kg/ha | 915 kg/ha | 985.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 883.41 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 774.44 kg/ha | 687.7 kg/ha | 851.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 778.18 kg/ha | 740 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 821.24 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 1,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 714.8 kg/ha | 316.8 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 511.58 kg/ha | 333.8 kg/ha | 576 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Haiti?
- Sorghum — yield in Haiti was 531.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 1,038 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 316.8 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Haiti rank for sorghum — yield?
- Haiti ranks 100th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti 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.