Sorghum — Yield in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Sorghum — Yield was 1,796 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Republic of Korea is 1,796 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Republic of Korea peaked at 1,796 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 466.9 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Republic of Korea 50th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 496 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 487.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 466.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 487.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 487.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 563.5 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 566.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 652.8 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1969 | 658.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 687.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 712.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 699 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 717.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 707.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 752.7 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 776.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 883.6 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 888.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 971.7 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1980 | 1,028 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 1,199 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1982 | 1,135 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 1,088 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 1,193 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 1,180 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 1,229 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 1,310 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 1,297 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 1,458 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 1,394 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 1,394 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,297 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 1,343 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 1,293 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 1,357 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 1,482 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 1,470 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,386 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 1,412 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1,461 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1,341 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 1,406 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 1,420 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,438 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1,391 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,458 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,758 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2008 | 1,492 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 1,656 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 1,609 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 1,628 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,657 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,675 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,676 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,694 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,696 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,714 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,728 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,739 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,747 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,722 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,773 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1,785 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,796 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 540.78 kg/ha | 466.9 kg/ha | 658.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 779.77 kg/ha | 687.3 kg/ha | 971.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,212 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,383 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 1,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,482 kg/ha | 1,341 kg/ha | 1,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,682 kg/ha | 1,609 kg/ha | 1,739 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,765 kg/ha | 1,722 kg/ha | 1,796 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Republic of Korea?
- Sorghum — yield in Republic of Korea was 1,796 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,796 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 466.9 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for sorghum — yield?
- Republic of Korea ranks 50th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Korea 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.