Sorghum — Yield in South America
South America: Sorghum — Yield was 3,151 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 3,151 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in South America peaked at 3,784 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,300 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places South America 11th 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 | 1,670 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 2,066 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,352 kg/ha | 1,620 kg/ha | 2,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,740 kg/ha | 2,205 kg/ha | 3,239 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,049 kg/ha | 2,606 kg/ha | 3,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,121 kg/ha | 2,889 kg/ha | 3,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,378 kg/ha | 2,991 kg/ha | 3,784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,123 kg/ha | 2,847 kg/ha | 3,414 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 69.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in South America?
- Sorghum — yield in South America was 3,151 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,784 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does South America rank for sorghum — yield?
- South America ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.