Sorghum — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sorghum — Yield was 934.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Western Africa is 934.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Western Africa peaked at 1,050 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 539.9 kg/ha, in 1969.
Western Africa ranks 22nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 820.6 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 715 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1964 | 717.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 675.7 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 645.7 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 654 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 612 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1969 | 539.9 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 661 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1971 | 654 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 567.3 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1973 | 572.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 855.5 kg/ha | +49.4% |
| 1975 | 831.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 597.8 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1977 | 778 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1978 | 675.7 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1979 | 823.2 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1980 | 872.6 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 987.2 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1982 | 978.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 972.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 831.7 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1985 | 854.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 899.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 873.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 886.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 801.1 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 677.3 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1991 | 782.2 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1992 | 793.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 835.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 820.9 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 904.6 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 889 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 874.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 891.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 897.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 879.4 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 852.8 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 881.6 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 941.9 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 978.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 1,020 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 1,050 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 917.2 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 992.5 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 920.4 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 1,013 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 847.6 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2012 | 927.5 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 827.6 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2014 | 934.8 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2015 | 965 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 988.9 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 904.9 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 957.2 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 954 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 955.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 856.5 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 962.9 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 913 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 934.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Western Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +49.4% | 572.7 kg/ha | 855.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 681.24 kg/ha | 539.9 kg/ha | 820.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 701.65 kg/ha | 567.3 kg/ha | 855.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 895.81 kg/ha | 801.1 kg/ha | 987.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 836.65 kg/ha | 677.3 kg/ha | 904.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 943.35 kg/ha | 852.8 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 932.08 kg/ha | 827.6 kg/ha | 1,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 924.4 kg/ha | 856.5 kg/ha | 962.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Western Africa?
- Sorghum — yield in Western Africa was 934.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,050 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 539.9 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Western Africa rank for sorghum — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.