Sorghum — Yield in Philippines
Philippines: Sorghum — Yield was 6,267 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Yield in Philippines, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 6,267 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Philippines peaked at 6,267 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,058 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Philippines 5th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Yield in Philippines, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2,221 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 2,470 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 1,411 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 1973 | 1,425 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 1,841 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1975 | 2,204 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1976 | 1,679 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1977 | 2,039 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1978 | 2,098 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 1,929 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 1,900 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 1,875 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 1,833 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 1,747 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 1,937 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 1,347 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1986 | 1,490 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 1,429 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 1,448 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 1,454 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,479 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 1,219 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 1,202 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 1,428 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1994 | 1,152 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1995 | 1,228 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 1,148 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 1,058 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 2,687 kg/ha | +154.1% |
| 1999 | 2,199 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2000 | 1,335 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 2001 | 1,604 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2002 | 1,284 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2003 | 1,587 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2004 | 1,726 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 1,726 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,088 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2007 | 2,125 kg/ha | +95.3% |
| 2008 | 2,951 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2009 | 3,486 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 3,735 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 4,451 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2012 | 4,131 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 4,268 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 5,342 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2015 | 5,093 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 5,042 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 5,544 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 5,544 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5,576 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 4,851 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 5,826 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2022 | 5,932 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 6,157 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 6,267 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 6,267 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 6,267 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,151 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +154.1% | 1,058 kg/ha | 2,687 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +95.3% | 1,088 kg/ha | 2,125 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,932 kg/ha | 1,411 kg/ha | 2,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,646 kg/ha | 1,347 kg/ha | 1,937 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,480 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 2,687 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,891 kg/ha | 1,088 kg/ha | 3,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,873 kg/ha | 3,735 kg/ha | 5,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,807 kg/ha | 4,851 kg/ha | 6,267 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 2 Jordan 19,954 kg/ha compare
- 2 Melanesia 4,424 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,730 kg/ha compare
- 3 Israel 14,268 kg/ha compare
- 4 Austria 6,626 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Philippines?
- Sorghum — yield in Philippines was 6,267 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 6,267 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,058 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Philippines rank for sorghum — yield?
- Philippines ranks 5th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Philippines 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.