Sorghum — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Sorghum — Yield was 2,328 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 2,328 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in South Africa peaked at 4,370 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 542.9 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places South Africa 12th out of 31 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 796.04 kg/ha | 542.9 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,549 kg/ha | 1,037 kg/ha | 2,183 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,802 kg/ha | 894.7 kg/ha | 2,693 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,142 kg/ha | 617.8 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,343 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,626 kg/ha | 1,454 kg/ha | 3,993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,193 kg/ha | 2,328 kg/ha | 4,370 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in South Africa?
- Sorghum — yield in South Africa was 2,328 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,370 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 542.9 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does South Africa rank for sorghum — yield?
- South Africa ranks 12th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.