Sorghum — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sorghum — Yield was 1,488 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 1,488 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Western Asia peaked at 1,705 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 458.2 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Western Asia 14th out of 27 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 787.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 801.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 800.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 825.6 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 811.7 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 791.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 807.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 787.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 782 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 753.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 708.9 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 714.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 682.9 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 638 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 831.1 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1976 | 699 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1977 | 724.4 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 782.3 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 795.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 744.1 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 967.5 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1982 | 890.1 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 493.8 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 1984 | 458.2 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 491.3 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 789.6 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1987 | 898.5 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 957 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 1,002 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 947.3 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 728.3 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1992 | 1,083 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1993 | 1,079 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 1,035 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 1,074 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 956.3 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1997 | 937.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 1,068 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 1,177 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 1,163 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 1,162 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,102 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 1,113 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1,061 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 921.7 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 1,145 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2007 | 1,144 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,195 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 1,317 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 1,250 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 1,275 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1,165 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 1,165 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,226 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 1,189 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 985.5 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2017 | 992.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,011 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,111 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 1,705 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 2021 | 1,230 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2022 | 1,340 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 1,415 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 1,488 kg/ha | +5.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +60.7% | 491.3 kg/ha | 789.6 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +53.5% | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,705 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +48.7% | 728.3 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 799.41 kg/ha | 782 kg/ha | 825.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 733 kg/ha | 638 kg/ha | 831.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 769.23 kg/ha | 458.2 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,009 kg/ha | 728.3 kg/ha | 1,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,132 kg/ha | 921.7 kg/ha | 1,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,137 kg/ha | 985.5 kg/ha | 1,275 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,436 kg/ha | 1,230 kg/ha | 1,705 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 11 China 4,758 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovenia 4,667 kg/ha compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 1,067 kg/ha compare
- 13 France 4,450 kg/ha compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 4,429 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 693 kg/ha compare
- 15 Spain 4,186 kg/ha compare
- 16 Slovakia 4,132 kg/ha compare
- 17 Peru 4,000 kg/ha compare
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Western Asia?
- Sorghum — yield in Western Asia was 1,488 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,705 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 458.2 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Western Asia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.