Sorghum — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Sorghum — Yield was 3,517 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Mexico is 3,517 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Mexico peaked at 4,168 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,901 kg/ha, in 1964.
Mexico ranks 21st of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,491 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,516 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 2,036 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1964 | 1,901 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 2,376 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 2,450 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 2,475 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 2,570 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 2,781 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 2,830 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 2,689 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 2,355 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1973 | 2,760 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1974 | 2,754 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 2,855 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 3,219 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 3,060 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 2,996 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 3,428 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1980 | 3,039 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1981 | 3,613 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1982 | 3,673 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 3,185 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1984 | 3,080 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 3,542 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1986 | 3,150 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 3,405 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 3,275 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 3,086 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 3,289 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 3,120 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 3,891 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1993 | 2,941 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1994 | 2,957 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 3,038 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 3,117 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 3,042 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 3,315 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 2,990 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 3,076 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 3,380 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 2,986 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 3,276 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 3,822 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 3,454 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 3,448 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 3,495 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3,596 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 3,613 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 3,925 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 3,720 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 3,830 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 3,735 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 4,168 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 3,132 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2016 | 3,308 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 3,399 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 3,484 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 3,286 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 3,236 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 3,368 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 3,527 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 3,649 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 3,517 kg/ha | -3.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 3,517 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 3,517 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,399 kg/ha | 1,901 kg/ha | 2,781 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,894 kg/ha | 2,355 kg/ha | 3,428 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,305 kg/ha | 3,039 kg/ha | 3,673 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,170 kg/ha | 2,941 kg/ha | 3,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,415 kg/ha | 2,986 kg/ha | 3,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,599 kg/ha | 3,132 kg/ha | 4,168 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,459 kg/ha | 3,236 kg/ha | 3,649 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Mexico?
- Sorghum — yield in Mexico was 3,517 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,168 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,901 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Mexico rank for sorghum — yield?
- Mexico ranks 21st out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.