Sorghum — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Sorghum — Yield was 26.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Namibia stood at 26.5 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 68.3% on the previous year and down 88.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Namibia peaked at 425.5 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 26.5 kg/ha, in 2024.
Namibia ranks 111th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 210 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 209.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 209.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 208.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 208.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 208 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 207.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 207.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 207.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 214.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 213.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 213.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 212.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 219.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 218.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 225 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 228.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 227.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 229.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 235.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 205.2 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 344.1 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1992 | 97.3 kg/ha | -71.7% |
| 1993 | 233.3 kg/ha | +139.8% |
| 1994 | 206.2 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1995 | 293.3 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1996 | 217.4 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1997 | 374 kg/ha | +72.0% |
| 1998 | 124.2 kg/ha | -66.8% |
| 1999 | 207.4 kg/ha | +67.0% |
| 2000 | 409.1 kg/ha | +97.3% |
| 2001 | 382.1 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 189.1 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 2003 | 425.5 kg/ha | +125.0% |
| 2004 | 324.9 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2005 | 240 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2006 | 292.4 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 239.9 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2008 | 401.8 kg/ha | +67.5% |
| 2009 | 238.2 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 2010 | 294.1 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2011 | 297 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 291.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 291.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 239.7 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 225.3 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 75.5 kg/ha | -66.5% |
| 2017 | 121 kg/ha | +60.3% |
| 2018 | 185.3 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 2019 | 231.9 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2020 | 319.5 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2021 | 363.5 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2022 | 227.5 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 2023 | 83.6 kg/ha | -63.3% |
| 2024 | 26.5 kg/ha | -68.3% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 26.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 2% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 26.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 3% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +139.8% | 97.3 kg/ha | 233.3 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +125.0% | 189.1 kg/ha | 425.5 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +97.3% | 207.4 kg/ha | 409.1 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -71.7% | 344.1 kg/ha | 97.3 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +72.0% | 217.4 kg/ha | 374 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -68.3% | 83.6 kg/ha | 26.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 209.01 kg/ha | 207.1 kg/ha | 214.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 222.33 kg/ha | 212.9 kg/ha | 235.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 230.24 kg/ha | 97.3 kg/ha | 374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 314.3 kg/ha | 189.1 kg/ha | 425.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 225.28 kg/ha | 75.5 kg/ha | 297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 204.12 kg/ha | 26.5 kg/ha | 363.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Namibia?
- Sorghum — yield in Namibia was 26.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 425.5 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.5 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Namibia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Namibia ranks 111th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.