Sorghum — Yield in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sorghum — Yield was 566.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sorghum — Yield in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Madagascar stood at 566.8 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Madagascar peaked at 744.7 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 198.9 kg/ha, in 1976.
Madagascar ranks 110th of 122 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 596.14 kg/ha | 540 kg/ha | 620 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 504.4 kg/ha | 198.9 kg/ha | 744.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 525.48 kg/ha | 282.1 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 602.39 kg/ha | 577 kg/ha | 629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 555.38 kg/ha | 548.4 kg/ha | 570.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 568.14 kg/ha | 556.4 kg/ha | 587 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 564.28 kg/ha | 554.2 kg/ha | 569.7 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture share gdp 21.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
- Rural population 67.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 21.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.26 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 399,940 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Madagascar?
- Sorghum — yield in Madagascar was 566.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 744.7 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 198.9 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Madagascar rank for sorghum — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 110th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.