Sorghum — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Sorghum — Yield was 224 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Somalia is 224 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.1% on the previous year and down 58.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Somalia peaked at 982.4 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 204 kg/ha, in 2009.
Somalia ranks 110th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 352.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 350 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 330.7 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 330.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 328.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 342.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 340.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 350 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 350.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 350 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 351.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 351 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 342.3 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 315.3 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 336.8 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 285.5 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1977 | 316.6 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 335.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 303.8 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 306.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 429.8 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1982 | 435.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 357.7 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1984 | 406.1 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 495.7 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1986 | 614.8 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1987 | 471.9 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1988 | 411.5 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 606.5 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1990 | 555.6 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 414.3 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1992 | 306.7 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1993 | 285.7 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 406 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 1995 | 342.9 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1996 | 417 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 379 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 261.1 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1999 | 468.1 kg/ha | +79.3% |
| 2000 | 353.3 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2001 | 422.6 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2002 | 384.2 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 315.4 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2004 | 329.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 377.7 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2006 | 339.6 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 347.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 369.1 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 204 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 2010 | 405.7 kg/ha | +98.9% |
| 2011 | 220.5 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 2012 | 982.4 kg/ha | +345.5% |
| 2013 | 854.3 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 539.8 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 2015 | 576.5 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 472.7 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 394.2 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2018 | 555.6 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 2019 | 500 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 400 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2021 | 236 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2022 | 288 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2023 | 284 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 224 kg/ha | -21.1% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 224 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 224 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +345.5% | 220.5 kg/ha | 982.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 341.76 kg/ha | 328.9 kg/ha | 352.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 328.9 kg/ha | 285.5 kg/ha | 351.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 453.59 kg/ha | 306.5 kg/ha | 614.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 383.64 kg/ha | 261.1 kg/ha | 555.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 344.32 kg/ha | 204 kg/ha | 422.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 550.17 kg/ha | 220.5 kg/ha | 982.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 286.4 kg/ha | 224 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Somalia?
- Sorghum — yield in Somalia was 224 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 982.4 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 204 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Somalia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Somalia ranks 110th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.