Sorghum — Yield in Sudan (former)
Sudan (former): Sorghum — Yield was 634.6 kg/ha in 2011. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Sudan (former), 1961–2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Sudan (former) is 634.6 kg/ha, measured in 2011.
That represents a change of up 35.4% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Sudan (former) peaked at 1,003 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 327 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Sudan (former) 92nd out of 111 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Sudan (former), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 970.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 857 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1963 | 979.5 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 857.8 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1965 | 814.3 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 636.4 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1967 | 1,003 kg/ha | +57.6% |
| 1968 | 768.3 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1969 | 855.7 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 746.6 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1971 | 832 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 756.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 739.2 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 764.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 784.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 923.2 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1977 | 720.8 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1978 | 811 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 619.8 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1980 | 712 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1981 | 851.7 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1982 | 529.9 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 1983 | 543.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 327 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1985 | 650.9 kg/ha | +99.1% |
| 1986 | 660.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 402.1 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1988 | 793.3 kg/ha | +97.3% |
| 1989 | 404.1 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 1990 | 427.6 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 702.1 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1992 | 651.9 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 509.4 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1994 | 567.6 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 485.6 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1996 | 637.7 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1997 | 437.8 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1998 | 678.5 kg/ha | +55.0% |
| 1999 | 518.1 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2000 | 593.1 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 765.2 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2002 | 564.7 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2003 | 732.7 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2004 | 708 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 507 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2006 | 667.2 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2007 | 766.4 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 584.5 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2009 | 630.1 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 468.6 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2011 | 634.6 kg/ha | +35.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 860.29 kg/ha | 636.4 kg/ha | 1,003 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 769.84 kg/ha | 619.8 kg/ha | 923.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 587.56 kg/ha | 327 kg/ha | 851.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 561.63 kg/ha | 427.6 kg/ha | 702.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 651.89 kg/ha | 507 kg/ha | 766.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 551.6 kg/ha | 468.6 kg/ha | 634.6 kg/ha | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Sudan (former)?
- Sorghum — yield in Sudan (former) was 634.6 kg/ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,003 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The lowest recorded value was 327 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Sudan (former) rank for sorghum — yield?
- Sudan (former) ranks 92nd out of 111 countries with data for 2011.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan (former) 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.