Sorghum — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sorghum — Yield was 711.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Northern Africa stood at 711.7 kg/ha.
The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 1,300 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 474.2 kg/ha, in 1984.
Northern Africa ranks 30th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,057 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,014 kg/ha | 816.8 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 710.86 kg/ha | 474.2 kg/ha | 968.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 686.61 kg/ha | 544.7 kg/ha | 810.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 782.19 kg/ha | 584.5 kg/ha | 897.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 715.29 kg/ha | 579.2 kg/ha | 831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 687.18 kg/ha | 612.5 kg/ha | 844.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 296,996 ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 7,042 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 13.27 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 44,683 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 45,744 An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 38,726 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 123.39 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 149.18 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Northern Africa?
- Sorghum — yield in Northern Africa was 711.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,300 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 474.2 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sorghum — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 30th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.