Sorghum — Yield in India
India: Sorghum — Yield was 1,174 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in India stood at 1,174 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in India peaked at 1,174 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 428.8 kg/ha, in 1965.
India ranks 70th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 440 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 529.4 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1963 | 500.5 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 536.3 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 428.8 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 510.9 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1967 | 545.4 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 523.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 522.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 466.5 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 460.3 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 449.2 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 544.2 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1974 | 643.3 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 590.6 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 667.3 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 739.3 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 708.3 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 698.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 659.8 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 726.7 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 656.6 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 725.4 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 715.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 633.5 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 576 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 762.3 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1988 | 696.6 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1989 | 869.3 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1990 | 813.6 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 681 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1992 | 946 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1993 | 873.9 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 846.4 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 777.9 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 935 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1997 | 819.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 737.3 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 830.5 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 819.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 760.3 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 789.4 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 801.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 656 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 830.4 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2006 | 840.6 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 918 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 958.9 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 883.2 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 967.7 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 989.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 913.3 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 796.9 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 942.1 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 822.5 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 731.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 867.1 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2018 | 903.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 839.7 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 1,074 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2021 | 1,053 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,085 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1,116 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 1,174 kg/ha | +5.1% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,174 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 504.13 kg/ha | 428.8 kg/ha | 545.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 596.76 kg/ha | 449.2 kg/ha | 739.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 702.16 kg/ha | 576 kg/ha | 869.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 826.07 kg/ha | 681 kg/ha | 946 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 825.79 kg/ha | 656 kg/ha | 958.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 877.37 kg/ha | 731.2 kg/ha | 989.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,053 kg/ha | 1,174 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in India?
- Sorghum — yield in India was 1,174 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,174 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 428.8 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does India rank for sorghum — yield?
- India ranks 70th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.