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Sorghum Production by African country

2024

Annual sorghum production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).

Africa, 202443 of 54 countries
29,177,961total across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2024Nigeria · 6,500,000Lowest in 2024Algeria · 660.8Reported in 202443 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
02.0m4.0m6.0m8.0mNigeria6,500,000Sudan5,393,620Ethiopia4,100,000Niger1,907,733Burkina Faso1,900,000Mali1,640,848Cameroon1,200,000South Sudan960,000Tanzania800,000Egypt780,000Chad720,086Ghana479,000Senegal445,000Togo310,000Benin279,269Kenya243,000Uganda225,000Rwanda187,766Mozambique145,192Eritrea140,000Mauritania114,000Malawi102,000South Africa98,000Zimbabwe82,063Cote d'Ivoire66,489Guinea65,000Sierra Leone60,000Somalia56,000Angola38,275Botswana30,000Burundi30,000Guinea-Bissau29,000Central African Republic20,000Democratic Republic of the Congo9,009Lesotho6,261Gambia5,456Zambia2,865Morocco2,015Madagascar1,387Tunisia1,213Eswatini1,000Namibia753.0Algeria660.8Cabo Verdeno dataComorosno dataDjiboutino dataEquatorial Guineano dataGabonno dataLiberiano dataLibyano dataMauritiusno dataRepublic of the Congono dataSao Tome and Principeno dataSeychellesno data
20142024
FAO · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Western Africa14 of 16 countries13,801,795
Eastern Africa14 of 18 countries7,075,273
Northern Africa5 of 6 countries6,177,509
Middle Africa5 of 9 countries1,987,370
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries136,014
Africaall 54 countries · 43 with a 2024 figure29,177,961

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Eleven countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Cabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and 6 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Sorghum ProductionAnnual sorghum production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).
SourceFAO, with processing by Africa API
Unittonnes
Last updated3 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1990–2024
Coverage43 of 54 countries · 43 reported, 0 modelled, 11 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 43 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Sorghum Production". Data adapted from FAO. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/sorghum
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=sorghum_production_tonnes&year=2024&limit=100

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Sorghum Production: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

43 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountrySorghum ProductionPeriod
1Nigeria6.5M t2024
2Sudan5.39M t2024
3Ethiopia4.1M t2024
4Niger1.91M t2024
5Burkina Faso1.9M t2024
6Mali1.64M t2024
7Cameroon1.2M t2024
8South Sudan960K t2024
9Tanzania800K t2024
10Egypt780K t2024
11Chad720.09K t2024
12Ghana479K t2024
13Senegal445K t2024
14Togo310K t2024
15Benin279.27K t2024
16Kenya243K t2024
17Uganda225K t2024
18Rwanda187.77K t2024
19Mozambique145.19K t2024
20Eritrea140K t2024
21Mauritania114K t2024
22Malawi102K t2024
23South Africa98K t2024
24Zimbabwe82.06K t2024
25Cote d'Ivoire66.49K t2024
26Guinea65K t2024
27Sierra Leone60K t2024
28Somalia56K t2024
29Angola38.28K t2024
30Botswana30K t2024
31Burundi30K t2024
32Guinea-Bissau29K t2024
33Central African Republic20K t2024
34Democratic Republic of the Congo9.01K t2024
35Lesotho6.26K t2024
36Gambia5.46K t2024
37Zambia2.86K t2024
38Morocco2.02K t2024
39Madagascar1.39K t2024
40Tunisia1.21K t2024
41Eswatini1K t2024
42Namibia753 t2024
43Algeria660.76 t2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 43 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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