Sorghum — Yield in Italy
Italy: Sorghum — Yield was 5,916 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Italy is 5,916 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Italy peaked at 7,669 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,776 kg/ha, in 1971.
Italy ranks 7th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,119 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 4,085 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1964 | 4,045 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 3,596 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 3,554 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 3,508 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 3,474 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 3,290 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 3,105 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 2,776 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1972 | 3,538 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1973 | 3,528 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 3,771 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 3,700 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 3,948 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 4,885 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1978 | 4,942 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 4,712 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 4,474 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 5,840 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1982 | 4,901 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1983 | 4,405 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1984 | 4,619 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 3,718 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1986 | 6,282 kg/ha | +68.9% |
| 1987 | 5,586 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 4,376 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1989 | 6,374 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 1990 | 4,823 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1991 | 5,509 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 5,923 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 5,968 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 5,992 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 6,241 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 5,839 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 5,749 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 5,546 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 6,431 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 6,344 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 6,204 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 6,311 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 5,180 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2004 | 6,285 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 5,856 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 5,730 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 5,676 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 5,796 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 6,100 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 6,668 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 7,097 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 4,198 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 2013 | 6,206 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 2014 | 7,106 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2015 | 6,484 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 7,158 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 5,885 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 7,669 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2019 | 6,898 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 7,065 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 6,152 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 5,480 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 6,016 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 5,916 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 5,916 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Italy's 5,916 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,139 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +68.9% | 3,718 kg/ha | 6,282 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,519 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 4,085 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,891 kg/ha | 2,776 kg/ha | 4,942 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,058 kg/ha | 3,718 kg/ha | 6,374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,802 kg/ha | 4,823 kg/ha | 6,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,948 kg/ha | 5,180 kg/ha | 6,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,537 kg/ha | 4,198 kg/ha | 7,669 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,126 kg/ha | 5,480 kg/ha | 7,065 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 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 Syrian Arab Republic 2,013 kg/ha compare
- 8 Egypt 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 1,726 kg/ha compare
- 9 Panama 5,186 kg/ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 4,770 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,324 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Italy?
- Sorghum — yield in Italy was 5,916 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 7,669 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,776 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Italy rank for sorghum — yield?
- Italy ranks 7th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.