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Where Sorghum Grows

United States grew the most sorghum in 2024: 8.7 million tonnes, 13.6% of the world’s 64.2 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s sorghum.

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Sorghum grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

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Share of the world’s sorghum: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 sorghum producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1United States 13.6%

    8.7 million tonnes

  2. 2Nigeria 10.1%

    6.5 million tonnes

  3. 3India 8.4%

    5.4 million tonnes

  4. 4Sudan 8.4%

    5.4 million tonnes

  5. 5Mexico 7.0%

    4.5 million tonnes

  6. 6Ethiopia 6.4%

    4.1 million tonnes

  7. 7Brazil 6.4%

    4.1 million tonnes

  8. 8China 4.8%

    3.1 million tonnes

  9. 9Argentina 3.9%

    2.5 million tonnes

  10. 10Australia 3.8%

    2.4 million tonnes

World total

64.2 million tonnes

Countries growing it

107

Largest producer

United States

Top 3 together

32.1%

All 107 countries that grow sorghum

#CountryTonnesShare
1 United States 8,734,190 13.6%
2 Nigeria 6,500,000 10.1%
3 India 5,413,005 8.4%
4 Sudan 5,393,620 8.4%
5 Mexico 4,525,322 7.0%
6 Ethiopia 4,100,000 6.4%
7 Brazil 4,090,428 6.4%
8 China 3,069,546 4.8%
9 Argentina 2,495,532 3.9%
10 Australia 2,441,091 3.8%
11 Niger 1,907,733 3.0%
12 Burkina Faso 1,900,000 3.0%
13 Bolivia 1,771,085 2.8%
14 Mali 1,640,848 2.6%
15 Cameroon 1,200,000 1.9%
16 South Sudan 960,000 1.5%
17 Tanzania 800,000 1.2%
18 Egypt 780,000 1.2%
19 Chad 720,086 1.1%
20 Ghana 479,000 0.7%
21 France 447,110 0.7%
22 Senegal 445,000 0.7%
23 Togo 310,000 0.5%
24 Benin 279,269 0.4%
25 Italy 256,040 0.4%
26 Kenya 243,000 0.4%
27 Uganda 225,000 0.4%
28 Oman 194,206 0.3%
29 Yemen 190,000 0.3%
30 Rwanda 187,766 0.3%
31 Saudi Arabia 168,328 0.3%
32 Myanmar 166,004 0.3%
33 Hungary 164,550 0.3%
34 Mozambique 145,192 0.2%
35 Eritrea 140,000 0.2%
36 Mauritania 114,000 0.2%
37 Russia 108,433 0.2%
38 Malawi 102,000 0.2%
39 El Salvador 99,000 0.2%
40 South Africa 98,000 0.2%
41 Zimbabwe 82,063 0.1%
42 Côte d'Ivoire 66,489 0.1%
43 Uruguay 65,037 0.1%
44 Guinea 65,000 0.1%
45 Sierra Leone 60,000 0.1%
46 Somalia 56,000 0.1%
47 Thailand 50,000 0.1%
48 Ukraine 46,470 0.1%
49 Paraguay 44,208 0.1%
50 Venezuela 42,080 0.1%
51 Angola 38,275 0.1%
52 Pakistan 37,698 0.1%
53 Guatemala 37,620 0.1%
54 North Korea 36,463 0.1%
55 Austria 36,440 0.1%
56 Israel 33,599 0.1%
57 Slovakia 31,200 under 0.1%
58 Botswana 30,000 under 0.1%
59 Burundi 30,000 under 0.1%
60 Uzbekistan 29,359 under 0.1%
61 Guinea-Bissau 29,000 under 0.1%
62 Spain 27,210 under 0.1%
63 Romania 24,880 under 0.1%
64 Belize 24,084 under 0.1%
65 Kazakhstan 20,960 under 0.1%
66 Central African Republic 20,000 under 0.1%
67 Honduras 15,000 under 0.1%
68 Ecuador 14,288 under 0.1%
69 Haiti 13,000 under 0.1%
70 Bulgaria 11,640 under 0.1%
71 Moldova 10,885 under 0.1%
72 Iraq 9,635 under 0.1%
73 Colombia 9,070 under 0.1%
74 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,009 under 0.1%
75 Serbia 8,307 under 0.1%
76 Syria 7,209 under 0.1%
77 Lesotho 6,261 under 0.1%
78 Gambia 5,456 under 0.1%
79 Papua New Guinea 5,000 under 0.1%
80 Greece 4,450 under 0.1%
81 Cuba 3,628 under 0.1%
82 South Korea 2,932 under 0.1%
83 Zambia 2,865 under 0.1%
84 Morocco 2,015 under 0.1%
85 Taiwan 2,000 under 0.1%
86 Panama 1,950 under 0.1%
87 Jordan 1,632 under 0.1%
88 Madagascar 1,387 under 0.1%
89 Tunisia 1,213 under 0.1%
90 Eswatini 1,000 under 0.1%
91 Namibia 753 under 0.1%
92 Lebanon 700 under 0.1%
93 Algeria 661 under 0.1%
94 Philippines 450 under 0.1%
95 Dominican Republic 308 under 0.1%
96 Slovenia 280 under 0.1%
97 Kyrgyzstan 273 under 0.1%
98 Peru 240 under 0.1%
99 Sri Lanka 160 under 0.1%
100 Turkey 96 under 0.1%
101 Azerbaijan 95 under 0.1%
102 Bangladesh 61 under 0.1%
103 Maldives 53 under 0.1%
104 Tajikistan 53 under 0.1%
105 North Macedonia 36 under 0.1%
106 Fiji 24 under 0.1%
107 Federated States of Micronesia 17 under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Sorghum. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

  1. 1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
  2. 2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
  3. 3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
  4. 4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most sorghum?

United States grew the most sorghum in 2024: 8.7 million tonnes, 13.6% of the world’s 64.2 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 sorghum producing countries?

United States (13.6%), Nigeria (10.1%), India (8.4%), Sudan (8.4%) and Mexico (7.0%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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