Sorghum — Yield in Mali
Mali: Sorghum — Yield was 968.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Mali stood at 968.8 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Mali peaked at 1,594 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 558.7 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Mali 83rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 704 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 738 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 601.1 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1964 | 751.3 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 843 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1966 | 806.5 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 638.6 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1968 | 796.5 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1969 | 900.2 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1970 | 830.6 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 867.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 732 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1973 | 694.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1974 | 767.5 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 871.4 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 619.3 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1977 | 558.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 1,049 kg/ha | +87.7% |
| 1979 | 825.5 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1980 | 798.8 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 855.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 817.9 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 867.8 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 955.2 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1985 | 1,123 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 1,112 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,045 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 990.2 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 943.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 657.1 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1991 | 1,090 kg/ha | +65.8% |
| 1992 | 644.9 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1993 | 753.4 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 764.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 834.5 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 999 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1997 | 975.7 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 973.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 939.7 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 836.8 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 737 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 695.1 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 884.8 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 1,151 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2005 | 845.4 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2006 | 839.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 826.2 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,036 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2009 | 1,594 kg/ha | +53.8% |
| 2010 | 995.1 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2011 | 706.7 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2012 | 1,061 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 2013 | 1,105 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1,056 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 1,048 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 893.4 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 897.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,024 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2019 | 1,007 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 995 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 801.8 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 978 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2023 | 935.8 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 968.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 968.8 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mali's 968.8 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 753.24 kg/ha | 601.1 kg/ha | 900.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 781.62 kg/ha | 558.7 kg/ha | 1,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 950.93 kg/ha | 798.8 kg/ha | 1,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 863.19 kg/ha | 644.9 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 944.61 kg/ha | 695.1 kg/ha | 1,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 979.41 kg/ha | 706.7 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 935.88 kg/ha | 801.8 kg/ha | 995 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Mali?
- Sorghum — yield in Mali was 968.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1,594 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 558.7 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Mali rank for sorghum — yield?
- Mali ranks 83rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.