Sorghum — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sorghum — Yield was 1,237 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Southern Africa stood at 1,237 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 2,554 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 518.5 kg/ha, in 1992.
Southern Africa ranks 19th of 31 groups on this measure, 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 | 697.3 kg/ha | 555.9 kg/ha | 930 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,168 kg/ha | 764.7 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,189 kg/ha | 732.9 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,331 kg/ha | 518.5 kg/ha | 2,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,590 kg/ha | 955.1 kg/ha | 2,338 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,186 kg/ha | 729.4 kg/ha | 1,599 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,674 kg/ha | 1,237 kg/ha | 2,554 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,790 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 53,939 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Southern Africa?
- Sorghum — yield in Southern Africa was 1,237 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,554 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 518.5 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sorghum — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.