Sorghum yields in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Sorghum yields was 0.4939 tonnes per hectare in 2018. ▼ Falling
Sorghum yields in New Caledonia, 1961–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 0.4939 tonnes per hectare for sorghum yields in 2018.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum yields in New Caledonia peaked at 2.8 tonnes per hectare in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.4551 tonnes per hectare, in 2016.
New Caledonia ranks 107th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 2 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2.8 tonnes per hectare | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9204 tonnes per hectare | 0.4551 tonnes per hectare | 2.24 tonnes per hectare | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 169.25 million current US$ (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 93,999 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 31.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Land under cereal production 298 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum yields in New Caledonia?
- Sorghum yields in New Caledonia was 0.4939 tonnes per hectare in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sorghum yields recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8 tonnes per hectare in 1994.
- What is the lowest sorghum yields recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4551 tonnes per hectare in 2016.
- How does New Caledonia rank for sorghum yields?
- New Caledonia ranks 107th out of 114 countries with data for 2018.
- Is sorghum yields rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sorghum yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.