Sorghum — Yield in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Sorghum — Yield was 493.9 kg/ha in 2018. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in New Caledonia, 1961–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 493.9 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2018.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in New Caledonia peaked at 2,800 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 455.1 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places New Caledonia 104th out of 111 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,667 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 1,333 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,367 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 1,400 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 1,433 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 2,000 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 1978 | 1,930 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 1,953 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 1,573 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1981 | 1,553 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 1,658 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 2,021 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1984 | 1,465 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1985 | 1,328 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1986 | 1,877 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 1987 | 1,780 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 1,300 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1989 | 1,050 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1990 | 1,579 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 1992 | 1,431 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 1,933 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1994 | 2,800 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1995 | 1,471 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 1997 | 2,517 kg/ha | +71.0% |
| 1998 | 2,127 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 2,168 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2,248 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 2,243 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,374 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 2015 | 468.8 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 2016 | 455.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 487.7 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 493.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 493.9 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 493.9 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,151 kg/ha, 16% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +71.0% | 1,471 kg/ha | 2,517 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -65.9% | 1,374 kg/ha | 468.8 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +50.4% | 1,050 kg/ha | 1,579 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -47.4% | 2,800 kg/ha | 1,471 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,370 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,542 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,560 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 2,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,003 kg/ha | 1,431 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,248 kg/ha | 2,248 kg/ha | 2,248 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2010s | 920.37 kg/ha | 455.1 kg/ha | 2,243 kg/ha | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in New Caledonia?
- Sorghum — yield in New Caledonia was 493.9 kg/ha in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,800 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 455.1 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does New Caledonia rank for sorghum — yield?
- New Caledonia ranks 104th out of 111 countries with data for 2018.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.