Sorghum — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Sorghum — Yield was 2,783 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Saudi Arabia is 2,783 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2,783 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 188.7 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Saudi Arabia 33rd 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,429 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 1,478 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 1,458 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 1,400 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 1,385 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 1,429 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 1,219 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1969 | 1,259 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 1,111 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 489.5 kg/ha | -55.9% |
| 1972 | 644 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1973 | 188.7 kg/ha | -70.7% |
| 1974 | 420.2 kg/ha | +122.7% |
| 1975 | 539.6 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1976 | 508.2 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 508.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 502.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 524.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 312.7 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1981 | 525.7 kg/ha | +68.1% |
| 1982 | 635.6 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1983 | 794.9 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1984 | 930.8 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1985 | 1,152 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1986 | 1,156 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1,732 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1988 | 1,100 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1989 | 1,070 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 1,237 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 951.9 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1992 | 1,158 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1993 | 1,203 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 1,148 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 1,148 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,151 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,147 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1,105 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 1,319 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2000 | 1,338 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,397 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 1,448 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1,706 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 2,186 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2005 | 1,975 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 2,393 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2007 | 2,427 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 2,432 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,631 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 2,597 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 2,637 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 2,606 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,620 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,631 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2,597 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 2,606 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,618 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 2,625 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,180 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 2,109 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 2,096 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 2,100 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,700 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2024 | 2,783 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 2,783 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 2,783 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,783 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Saudi Arabia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +122.7% | 188.7 kg/ha | 420.2 kg/ha |
| 1973 | -70.7% | 644 kg/ha | 188.7 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +68.1% | 312.7 kg/ha | 525.7 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -55.9% | 1,111 kg/ha | 489.5 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +49.9% | 1,156 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -40.4% | 524.3 kg/ha | 312.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,395 kg/ha | 1,219 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 543.72 kg/ha | 188.7 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 940.94 kg/ha | 312.7 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,157 kg/ha | 951.9 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,993 kg/ha | 1,338 kg/ha | 2,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,572 kg/ha | 2,180 kg/ha | 2,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,358 kg/ha | 2,096 kg/ha | 2,783 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 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 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Sorghum — yield in Saudi Arabia was 2,783 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,783 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 188.7 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 33rd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.