Sorghum yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
114
Highest
56.39 tonnes per hectare
Oman
Lowest
0.0265 tonnes per hectare
Namibia
Median
1.5 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
6,139
What the numbers show
Sorghum yields is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 56.39 tonnes per hectare in Oman; the lowest is 0.0265 tonnes per hectare in Namibia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.5 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 2.77 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,128.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 364.7%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 88.9%).
Sorghum yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 56.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 281.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Jordan | 19.95 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Israel | 14.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Turkey | 8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 5 | Austria | 6.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Philippines | 6.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 6.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 337.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Italy | 5.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 9 | Egypt | 5.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Panama | 5.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 11 | China | 4.77 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 4.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 13 | France | 4.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea | 4.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 4.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 16 | Slovakia | 4.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 122.5% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 4 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 3.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 3.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 3.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 3.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 23 | Fiji | 3.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Uruguay | 3.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 25 | Croatia | 3.18 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 26 | Serbia | 3.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 3.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 3.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Brazil | 3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 30 | Belize | 2.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 31 | Iraq | 2.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 207.0% | rising |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 2.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 33 | Bolivia | 2.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 34 | Ukraine | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Greece | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 2.48 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 37 | Micronesia (country) | 2.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 38 | Paraguay | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 40 | Lebanon | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 41 | South Africa | 2.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 42 | Venezuela | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 43 | Syria | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1991 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Thailand | 1.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 51 | South Korea | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 52 | Moldova | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Senegal | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 109.2% | rising |
| 54 | Ecuador | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 55 | Cameroon | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 56 | El Salvador | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 57 | Cuba | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 59 | Guinea | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 35.7% | flat |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 61 | Botswana | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 364.7% | volatile |
| 62 | North Korea | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 63 | Benin | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 65 | Russia | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 66 | Ghana | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 67 | Guatemala | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 68 | Maldives | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 70 | Rwanda | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 71 | Palestine | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2022 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 72 | India | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 73 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 74 | Japan | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 1968 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 75 | Honduras | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Tanzania | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 78 | Nigeria | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 79 | Malawi | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 80 | Eswatini | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 80 | Taiwan | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 84 | Kenya | 0.9703 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 85 | Mali | 0.9688 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 85 | Togo | 0.9688 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 87 | Myanmar | 0.9548 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 88 | South Sudan | 0.9424 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.0% | flat |
| 89 | Morocco | 0.8926 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Pakistan | 0.8274 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 91 | Gambia | 0.7524 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 92 | Chad | 0.7162 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 93 | Uganda | 0.7031 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.693 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 95 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6649 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 0.6332 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 97 | Sudan | 0.6327 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 98 | Mozambique | 0.6066 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 99 | Burundi | 0.603 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 100 | Yemen | 0.5705 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 30.2% | flat |
| 101 | Madagascar | 0.5668 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 102 | Niger | 0.5563 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 103 | Haiti | 0.5314 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 104 | Eritrea | 0.5185 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.5158 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 106 | Central African Republic | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 0.4939 tonnes per hectare | 2018 | down 78.0% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 0.475 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 0.4667 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 110 | Lesotho | 0.3959 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 111 | Albania | 0.3773 tonnes per hectare | 1992 | down 68.6% | rising |
| 112 | Angola | 0.2457 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 113 | Somalia | 0.224 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 114 | Namibia | 0.0265 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 88.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.12 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.