Sorghum — Yield in Romania
Romania: Sorghum — Yield was 1,909 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Yield in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 1,909 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 37.0% on the previous year and down 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Romania peaked at 4,790 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 550 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Romania 47th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Yield in Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,176 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,394 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1963 | 1,361 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 933.7 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1965 | 911.4 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 1,645 kg/ha | +80.5% |
| 1967 | 1,336 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1968 | 1,616 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1969 | 1,580 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 592.8 kg/ha | -62.5% |
| 1971 | 1,562 kg/ha | +163.6% |
| 1972 | 1,556 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 1,857 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1974 | 1,900 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 2,335 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1976 | 1,628 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1977 | 1,769 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 1,996 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1979 | 2,480 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1980 | 1,357 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1981 | 1,416 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 1,265 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 1,116 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 1,383 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1985 | 846.2 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1986 | 1,367 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 1987 | 1,042 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1988 | 1,211 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1989 | 723.8 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 1990 | 673.1 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 1,575 kg/ha | +134.0% |
| 1992 | 550 kg/ha | -65.1% |
| 1993 | 978.8 kg/ha | +78.0% |
| 1994 | 940.6 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 763.3 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1996 | 587.5 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1997 | 1,926 kg/ha | +227.8% |
| 1998 | 1,664 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1999 | 1,641 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 1,387 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2001 | 1,338 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1,419 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 1,065 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 3,761 kg/ha | +253.2% |
| 2005 | 2,529 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2006 | 1,799 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2007 | 1,334 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2008 | 2,635 kg/ha | +97.4% |
| 2009 | 2,376 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 1,992 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 3,131 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 2012 | 1,934 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 2013 | 2,373 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2014 | 2,996 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2015 | 2,477 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 2,699 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 3,950 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2018 | 4,790 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2019 | 3,820 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2020 | 3,723 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 4,592 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2022 | 2,602 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2023 | 3,029 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2024 | 1,909 kg/ha | -37.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 1,909 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Romania's 1,909 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,139 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +253.2% | 1,065 kg/ha | 3,761 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +227.8% | 587.5 kg/ha | 1,926 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,328 kg/ha | 911.4 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,768 kg/ha | 592.8 kg/ha | 2,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,173 kg/ha | 723.8 kg/ha | 1,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,130 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 1,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,964 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 3,761 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,016 kg/ha | 1,934 kg/ha | 4,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,171 kg/ha | 1,909 kg/ha | 4,592 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 44 Bulgaria 1,956 kg/ha compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 1,933 kg/ha compare
- 46 Sri Lanka 1,928 kg/ha compare
- 48 Thailand 1,852 kg/ha compare
- 49 Kyrgyzstan 1,808 kg/ha compare
- 50 Republic of Korea 1,796 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Romania?
- Sorghum — yield in Romania was 1,909 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 4,790 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for sorghum — yield?
- Romania ranks 47th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.