Sorghum — Yield in Israel
Israel: Sorghum — Yield was 14,268 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 14,268 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Israel peaked at 21,500 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,775 kg/ha, in 1961.
Israel ranks 3rd of 111 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,775 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,762 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 1963 | 3,459 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1964 | 2,697 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1965 | 2,214 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1966 | 3,207 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1967 | 2,453 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1968 | 2,240 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 2,502 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 2,559 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 3,204 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1972 | 3,258 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 3,760 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1974 | 4,436 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 4,351 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 5,385 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1977 | 4,891 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1978 | 2,308 kg/ha | -52.8% |
| 1979 | 3,658 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 1980 | 2,286 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1981 | 2,589 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 5,170 kg/ha | +99.7% |
| 1983 | 5,488 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 5,583 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 7,810 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1986 | 2,396 kg/ha | -69.3% |
| 1987 | 2,083 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1988 | 8,000 kg/ha | +284.0% |
| 1989 | 2,727 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 1990 | 2,792 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 3,774 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1992 | 2,778 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1993 | 6,648 kg/ha | +139.3% |
| 1994 | 2,024 kg/ha | -69.5% |
| 1995 | 4,009 kg/ha | +98.1% |
| 1996 | 7,861 kg/ha | +96.1% |
| 1997 | 7,647 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 6,546 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1999 | 6,380 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 6,396 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 6,215 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 6,286 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 6,522 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 6,554 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 6,307 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 6,498 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 6,484 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 6,667 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 6,250 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 6,281 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 6,162 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 6,169 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 6,118 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 21,500 kg/ha | +251.4% |
| 2015 | 21,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 21,000 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 21,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 14,556 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2023 | 13,070 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2024 | 14,268 kg/ha | +9.2% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 14,268 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 3.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Israel's 14,268 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 5.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +284.0% | 2,083 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +251.4% | 6,118 kg/ha | 21,500 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +139.3% | 2,778 kg/ha | 6,648 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +99.7% | 2,589 kg/ha | 5,170 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +98.1% | 2,024 kg/ha | 4,009 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,590 kg/ha | 1,775 kg/ha | 3,459 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,781 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 5,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,413 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,046 kg/ha | 2,024 kg/ha | 7,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,418 kg/ha | 6,215 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,676 kg/ha | 6,118 kg/ha | 21,500 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 16,579 kg/ha | 13,070 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Israel?
- Sorghum — yield in Israel was 14,268 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 21,500 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,775 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Israel rank for sorghum — yield?
- Israel ranks 3rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.