Sorghum — Yield in Panama
Panama: Sorghum — Yield was 5,186 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Panama, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Panama recorded 5,186 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Panama peaked at 7,597 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,639 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Panama 9th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Panama, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2,118 kg/ha | — |
| 1980 | 2,160 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,173 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 1,895 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 1,750 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1984 | 1,706 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 1,639 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 2,210 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1987 | 2,567 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 2,223 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1989 | 2,406 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 2,644 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 2,629 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 3,080 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 2,804 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 2,554 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 2,824 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 2,014 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1997 | 2,382 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1998 | 3,000 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1999 | 3,425 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 2,489 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2001 | 3,086 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2002 | 3,074 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,513 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 4,272 kg/ha | +70.0% |
| 2005 | 3,359 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2006 | 7,597 kg/ha | +126.2% |
| 2007 | 6,458 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 3,776 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 2009 | 2,890 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2010 | 3,506 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2011 | 3,362 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 3,941 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 4,158 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 4,078 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 3,764 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 3,799 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 4,067 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 4,234 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 4,321 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 4,567 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 4,746 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 5,287 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 5,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,186 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 5,186 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Panama's 5,186 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +126.2% | 3,359 kg/ha | 7,597 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,118 kg/ha | 2,118 kg/ha | 2,118 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 2,073 kg/ha | 1,639 kg/ha | 2,567 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,736 kg/ha | 2,014 kg/ha | 3,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,951 kg/ha | 2,489 kg/ha | 7,597 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,923 kg/ha | 3,362 kg/ha | 4,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,015 kg/ha | 4,567 kg/ha | 5,290 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 6 Uzbekistan 6,154 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,251 kg/ha compare
- 7 Italy 5,916 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 2,013 kg/ha compare
- 8 Egypt 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 1,726 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Panama?
- Sorghum — yield in Panama was 5,186 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 7,597 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,639 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Panama rank for sorghum — yield?
- Panama ranks 9th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.