Sorghum — Yield in Spain
Spain: Sorghum — Yield was 4,186 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Spain stood at 4,186 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 13.2% on the previous year and down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Spain peaked at 6,540 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 687.4 kg/ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 15th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 687.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 752.6 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 875.4 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1964 | 2,357 kg/ha | +169.2% |
| 1965 | 2,140 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 1,561 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1967 | 2,524 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 1968 | 2,890 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1969 | 2,921 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 4,032 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1971 | 4,171 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 4,007 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 3,792 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 4,298 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1975 | 4,156 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 4,236 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 4,648 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 5,301 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 5,001 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 4,860 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 4,247 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1982 | 4,174 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 3,902 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 4,602 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1985 | 4,779 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 5,108 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 5,194 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 5,444 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 5,720 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 5,323 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 5,562 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 5,621 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 4,566 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1994 | 3,795 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1995 | 4,297 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 4,720 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 4,763 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 4,532 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 5,000 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 4,703 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 3,870 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 3,797 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 3,320 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2004 | 3,436 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 3,397 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 3,786 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 3,662 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 3,280 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 4,347 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 2010 | 5,121 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2011 | 4,320 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2012 | 3,558 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 5,011 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 2014 | 6,540 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2015 | 6,010 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 4,476 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 4,331 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 4,385 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 3,922 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 4,107 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 3,808 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 3,178 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 4,820 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 2024 | 4,186 kg/ha | -13.2% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 4,186 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Spain's 4,186 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,139 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +169.2% | 875.4 kg/ha | 2,357 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,856 kg/ha | 687.4 kg/ha | 2,921 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,364 kg/ha | 3,792 kg/ha | 5,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,803 kg/ha | 3,902 kg/ha | 5,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,818 kg/ha | 3,795 kg/ha | 5,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,760 kg/ha | 3,280 kg/ha | 4,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,767 kg/ha | 3,558 kg/ha | 6,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,020 kg/ha | 3,178 kg/ha | 4,820 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Spain?
- Sorghum — yield in Spain was 4,186 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 6,540 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 687.4 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for sorghum — yield?
- Spain ranks 15th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.