Sorghum — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sorghum — Yield was 1,017 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Middle Africa is 1,017 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 1,145 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 597.8 kg/ha, in 1972.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 691.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 626.5 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1963 | 772 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1964 | 693.4 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1965 | 634.5 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 741.1 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1967 | 691.6 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 683 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 748.7 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 719.2 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 673.6 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 597.8 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1973 | 603.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 723.7 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 692.5 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 602.8 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 623.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 651.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 618.6 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 673.6 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 702.5 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 672.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 616.6 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 610.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 748.8 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1986 | 855.9 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 665.9 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 793 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1989 | 648.4 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1990 | 729.1 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 676.2 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 756.4 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 638.3 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1994 | 758.6 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1995 | 742.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 741.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 701 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 836.4 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 816.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 798.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 811.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 921.4 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 962.4 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 889.4 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 908.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 937.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 945.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 924.2 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 919.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 925.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 938.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,145 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2013 | 992.3 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 1,035 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 1,020 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 882.4 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2017 | 1,023 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 1,118 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 1,137 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 996.7 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 1,040 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 1,067 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,054 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 1,017 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 698.01 kg/ha | 626.5 kg/ha | 772 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 650.64 kg/ha | 597.8 kg/ha | 723.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 698.76 kg/ha | 610.8 kg/ha | 855.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 739.71 kg/ha | 638.3 kg/ha | 836.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 901.78 kg/ha | 798.3 kg/ha | 962.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,022 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha | 1,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,035 kg/ha | 996.7 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 10 China, mainland 4,770 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,324 kg/ha compare
- 11 China 4,758 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovenia 4,667 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 1,067 kg/ha compare
- 13 France 4,450 kg/ha compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 4,429 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 693 kg/ha compare
- 15 Spain 4,186 kg/ha compare
- 16 Slovakia 4,132 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Middle Africa?
- Sorghum — yield in Middle Africa was 1,017 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,145 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 597.8 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sorghum — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 13th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.