Sorghum — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sorghum — Yield was 4,563 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 4,563 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 20.1% on the previous year and down 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Western Europe peaked at 6,664 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,366 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Western Europe 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,374 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,480 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 3,154 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1964 | 2,547 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1965 | 2,786 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 2,840 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 2,366 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 3,678 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 1969 | 3,689 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 3,296 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 4,129 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1972 | 2,988 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1973 | 4,471 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 1974 | 4,193 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 3,621 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1976 | 3,283 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 3,304 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 4,248 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1979 | 4,035 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 4,554 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 4,811 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 4,560 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 4,593 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 4,517 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 4,682 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 3,739 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1987 | 5,854 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 1988 | 5,667 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 4,206 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1990 | 4,130 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 5,485 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1992 | 5,601 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 6,124 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 5,503 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1995 | 5,599 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 6,267 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 6,664 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 5,573 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1999 | 6,206 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 6,228 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 5,876 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 6,443 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 3,783 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 2004 | 5,348 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 2005 | 5,150 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 5,513 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 5,866 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 6,216 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 5,393 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 5,539 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 6,469 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 5,717 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 5,428 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 6,340 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 5,275 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 5,516 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 5,844 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 5,351 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 5,201 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 4,806 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 5,833 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 4,439 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2023 | 5,707 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2024 | 4,563 kg/ha | -20.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,879 kg/ha | 2,366 kg/ha | 3,689 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,757 kg/ha | 2,988 kg/ha | 4,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,718 kg/ha | 3,739 kg/ha | 5,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,715 kg/ha | 4,130 kg/ha | 6,664 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,581 kg/ha | 3,783 kg/ha | 6,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,668 kg/ha | 5,201 kg/ha | 6,469 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,070 kg/ha | 4,439 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 Oman 56,390 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 8,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 Jordan 19,954 kg/ha compare
- 2 Melanesia 4,424 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,730 kg/ha compare
- 3 Israel 14,268 kg/ha compare
- 4 Austria 6,626 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 4 Micronesia 2,392 kg/ha compare
- 5 Philippines 6,267 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 6,154 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,251 kg/ha compare
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- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — yield in Western Europe?
- Sorghum — yield in Western Europe was 4,563 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,664 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,366 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Western Europe rank for sorghum — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.