Sorghum Exports by Country

Australia exported 180,791 tonnes of sorghum in 2020 and 2,220,129 tonnes in 2024, more than twelve times its 2020 level, a rise that built a new second place behind the United States. The figures below aggregate FAO Detailed Trade Matrix bilateral records for item Sorghum, 2020-2024, pairing export quantity in tonnes with export value in current US dollars. The table lists 103 countries; 64 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 listed quantity total is about 9.5 million tonnes. The 2024 country list for sorghum exports runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Sorghum Exports by Country in 2024

The United States was the largest sorghum exporter in the 2024 listed data with 5,389,881 tonnes, followed by Australia with 2,220,129 tonnes and Argentina with 1,102,557 tonnes. Brazil ranked fourth with 179,881 tonnes, ahead of France (163,669 tonnes), Hungary (86,323 tonnes), Uganda (83,363 tonnes) and Ukraine (56,506 tonnes). The United States also led on export value at 1,458,800,000 US dollars, followed by Australia (629,181,000) and Argentina (243,391,000).

Sorghum Exports by Country

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#	Country	Quantity (Tonne)2024	Value (USD)2024
1	United States US	5.39M	$1.46B
2	Australia AU	2.22M	$629.18M
3	Argentina AR	1.1M	$243.39M
4	Brazil BR	179.88K	$41.35M
5	France FR	163.67K	$55.84M
6	Hungary HU	86.32K	$18.24M
7	Uganda UG	83.36K	$21.01M
8	Ukraine UA	56.51K	$10.6M
9	Tanzania TZ	49.21K	$14.77M
10	Paraguay PY	39.53K	$5.83M
11	India IN	36.73K	$18.22M
12	South Africa ZA	35.21K	$18.93M
13	Austria AT	12.5K	$3.34M
14	Slovakia SK	9.85K	$2.11M
15	Bolivia BO	8.57K	$3.62M
16	Moldova MD	7.52K	$1.22M
17	Romania RO	4.11K	$1.23M
18	Netherlands NL	3.15K	$2.69M
19	Zimbabwe ZW	2.69K	$990K
20	China CN	2.23K	$1.72M
21	Italy IT	1.93K	$2.25M
22	Türkiye TR	1.81K	$371K
23	Uzbekistan UZ	1.77K	$7.03M
24	Thailand TH	1.73K	$626K
25	Burkina Faso BF	1.6K	$132K
26	Poland PL	1.44K	$590K
27	Germany DE	1.42K	$1.08M
28	Spain ES	1.22K	$1.56M
29	Czech Republic CZ	1.09K	$621K
30	Canada CA	1.07K	$258K
31	Belgium BE	571.64	$241K
32	Bulgaria BG	557	$205K
33	Egypt EG	508.87	$142K
34	Zambia ZM	296.3	$199K
35	Myanmar MM	265	$101K
36	Greece GR	147.53	$118K
37	United Kingdom GB	84.98	$120K
38	Malawi MW	80.01	$48K
39	Portugal PT	53.13	$115K
40	Pakistan PK	50	$11K
41	Cambodia KH	48.45	$15K
42	Malaysia MY	33.35	$17K
43	El Salvador SV	27.67	$8K
44	Serbia RS	22.22	$62K
45	South Korea KR	13.74	$93K
46	Sweden SE	7.04	$5K
47	Ivory Coast CI	2.5	$1K
48	Croatia HR	2.01	$31K
49	Singapore SG	1.7	$3K
50	Costa Rica CR	1.22	$3K
51	Luxembourg LU	1.03	$3K
52	Denmark DK	0.91	$2K
53	Peru PE	0.81	$3K
54	Guatemala GT	0.78	$4K
55	Angola AO	0.6	$0
56	Fiji FJ	0.35	$0
57	Slovenia SI	0.35	$1K
58	Lesotho LS	0.2	$0
59	Senegal SN	0.15	$1K
60	Switzerland CH	0.12	$1K
61	Chile CL	0.04	$1K
62	Finland FI	0.01	$0
63	Eswatini SZ	0	$0
64	Latvia LV	0	$0

No other 2020-2024 move in this table approaches Australia's: +2,039,338 tonnes against a 2020 base of 180,791, while Argentina's 640,457-tonne gain (up 138.6 percent) looks modest beside it, and the United States actually retreated 1,196,697 tonnes (down 18.2 percent) yet kept the lead at a 2.43 ratio. Australia's rise, not the leader's defense, is the period's story.

The United States holds 56.7 percent of the listed 2024 total; the top three together hold 91.6 percent, the top five 95.2 percent and the top ten 98.5 percent. Argentina and Brazil were the leading South American exporters behind the leader, France, Hungary and Ukraine represent Europe, Uganda carries East Africa, and Australia stands alone for Oceania.

Sorghum Export Gains Between 2023 and 2024

Across the 61 countries reporting in both years, total exports rose from 8,056,976 tonnes in 2023 to 9,511,415 tonnes in 2024, a gain of 1,454,439 tonnes (18.1 percent). The totals listed for each year were 8,090,297 tonnes (81 reporters) and 9,511,464 tonnes (64 reporters). The United States added 1,012,818 tonnes (up 23.1 percent) and Argentina 350,992 tonnes (up 46.7 percent), while Brazil added 146,001 tonnes (from 33,880 to 179,881 tonnes) from a small base. Australia fell 223,165 tonnes (down 9.1 percent).

Sorghum Exports in 2024 Against 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (52 countries with data in both years) rose from 7,794,441 tonnes to 9,509,582 tonnes, a change of 1,715,141 tonnes (22.0 percent). The totals listed for each year were 7,909,166 tonnes (74 reporters) and 9,511,464 tonnes (64 reporters). Uganda added 56,516 tonnes (from 26,847 to 83,363 tonnes, up 210.5 percent). Ukraine fell 62,365 tonnes (down 52.5 percent) and Burkina Faso 40,253 tonnes (down 96.2 percent).

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#	Country	2020 (Tonne)	2020 (USD)	2021 (Tonne)	2021 (USD)	2022 (Tonne)	2022 (USD)	2023 (Tonne)	2023 (USD)	2024 (Tonne)	2024 (USD)
1	United States	6.59M	$1.39B	6.64M	$2.04B	6.21M	$2.2B	4.38M	$1.39B	5.39M	$1.46B
2	Australia	180.79K	$49.56M	1.59M	$470.77M	2.21M	$729.73M	2.44M	$842.75M	2.22M	$629.18M
3	Argentina	462.1K	$84.65M	2.11M	$494.33M	1.69M	$462.79M	751.57K	$214.76M	1.1M	$243.39M
4	Brazil	11.11K	$3.31M	160.32	$311K	10.63K	$3.24M	33.88K	$8.37M	179.88K	$41.35M
5	France	167.16K	$39.19M	162.15K	$49.14M	149.65K	$52.86M	106.13K	$41.98M	163.67K	$55.84M
6	Hungary	61.71K	$11.6M	46.23K	$10.49M	32.5K	$10.08M	29.45K	$7.73M	86.32K	$18.24M
7	Uganda	26.85K	$12.44M	29.95K	$17.37M	51.84K	$37M	65.72K	$47.84M	83.36K	$21.01M
8	Ukraine	118.87K	$20.89M	57.93K	$13.48M	72.42K	$17.19M	55.77K	$12.59M	56.51K	$10.6M
9	Tanzania	11.35K	$4.21M	34.4K	$6.81M	32.26K	$11.37M	27.56K	$6.79M	49.21K	$14.77M
10	Paraguay	7.47K	$923K	520	$196K	28.09K	$5.54M	55.3K	$8.12M	39.53K	$5.83M
11	India	36.62K	$16.47M	57.08K	$22.23M	39.83K	$16.92M	35.05K	$17.2M	36.73K	$18.22M
12	South Africa	7.2K	$3.38M	6.42K	$4.82M	18.76K	$7.74M	15.89K	$10.26M	35.21K	$18.93M
13	Austria	3.98K	$911K	6.66K	$1.85M	6.4K	$2.16M	7.63K	$2.86M	12.5K	$3.34M
14	Slovakia	1.16K	$252K	2.12K	$540K	4.43K	$1.32M	4.83K	$1.26M	9.85K	$2.11M
15	Bolivia	12.28K	$4.72M	26.91K	$6.66M	1.85K	$1.46M	308.19	$693K	8.57K	$3.62M
16	Moldova	11.68K	$2.49M	2.07K	$495K	12.1K	$2.92M	6.02K	$1.32M	7.52K	$1.22M
17	Romania	6.39K	$1.27M	3.98K	$1.2M	6.28K	$2.08M	1.81K	$786K	4.11K	$1.23M
18	Netherlands	1.76K	$1.04M	5.47K	$3.71M	7.6K	$3.99M	4.98K	$3.92M	3.15K	$2.69M
19	Zimbabwe	80	$79K	70	$20K	220.2	$90K	1.63K	$431K	2.69K	$990K
20	China	21.21K	$9.44M	3.64K	$3.01M	3.6K	$3.08M	2.14K	$2.04M	2.23K	$1.72M
21	Italy	1.11K	$1.89M	1.14K	$1.58M	2.06K	$2.97M	3.31K	$3.27M	1.93K	$2.25M
22	Türkiye	0.19	$0	4.36	$9K	16.4K	$4.69M	10.25K	$2.76M	1.81K	$371K
23	Uzbekistan	-	-	0	$109K	198	$235K	335.4	$1.71M	1.77K	$7.03M
24	Thailand	1.93K	$632K	1.08K	$365K	1.36K	$501K	734	$328K	1.73K	$626K
25	Burkina Faso	41.85K	$3.68M	9.76K	$528K	-	-	0.03	$0	1.6K	$132K
26	Poland	1.03K	$431K	1.5K	$699K	2.12K	$1M	3.62K	$1.65M	1.44K	$590K
27	Germany	1.37K	$964K	1.54K	$1.15M	1.73K	$919K	715.54	$1.21M	1.42K	$1.08M
28	Spain	3.38K	$2.44M	2.65K	$3.09M	5.41K	$3.17M	3.89K	$2.91M	1.22K	$1.56M
29	Czech Republic	159.29	$283K	790.66	$429K	764.79	$451K	967.45	$519K	1.09K	$621K
30	Canada	849.63	$219K	373.31	$107K	503.68	$160K	476.01	$128K	1.07K	$258K
31	Belgium	2.25K	$888K	5.33K	$1.56M	1.45K	$560K	506.81	$303K	571.64	$241K
32	Bulgaria	2.11K	$638K	1.33K	$587K	122.37	$192K	211.31	$299K	557	$205K
33	Egypt	182.35	$40K	1.55K	$468K	437.7	$151K	1.21K	$405K	508.87	$142K
34	Zambia	251	$43K	62	$11K	82.2	$18K	1.01K	$628K	296.3	$199K
35	Myanmar	310.25	$103K	6.64K	$2.95M	6.61K	$2.5M	2.62K	$919K	265	$101K
36	Greece	14.45	$32K	18.38	$32K	7.1	$13K	96.76	$177K	147.53	$118K
37	United Kingdom	391.89	$765K	69.07	$78K	52.58	$173K	31.81	$97K	84.98	$120K
38	Malawi	95	$21K	450.9	$413K	738.57	$293K	60.82	$26K	80.01	$48K
39	Portugal	113.71	$174K	106.9	$168K	81.1	$57K	650.88	$275K	53.13	$115K
40	Pakistan	-	-	-	-	2	$1K	2	$1K	50	$11K
41	Cambodia	-	-	-	-	119.46	$42K	-	-	48.45	$15K
42	Malaysia	476.5	$276K	108.05	$58K	108	$130K	8.98	$8K	33.35	$17K
43	El Salvador	184.61	$41K	322.05	$110K	-	-	190.51	$51K	27.67	$8K
44	Serbia	8.4	$2K	29.96	$9K	14.31	$45K	16.91	$8K	22.22	$62K
45	South Korea	3.94	$30K	3.85	$35K	4.78	$36K	5.87	$41K	13.74	$93K
46	Sweden	-	-	0	$0	0.08	$0	0.31	$10K	7.04	$5K
47	Ivory Coast	20.2	$1K	1.48	$0	2.5	$1K	10.25	$2K	2.5	$1K
48	Croatia	1.13	$12K	1.3	$17K	0.51	$6K	0.72	$10K	2.01	$31K
49	Singapore	2	$3K	2.58	$2K	5.78	$21K	2.46	$3K	1.7	$3K
50	Costa Rica	2.1	$3K	0.93	$2K	0.38	$1K	0.66	$2K	1.22	$3K
51	Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	$0	1.03	$3K
52	Denmark	6.02	$26K	0.1	$1K	1.12	$8K	0.35	$2K	0.91	$2K
53	Peru	0.09	$0	13.67	$33K	12.21	$21K	0.71	$4K	0.81	$3K
54	Guatemala	0.38	$3K	-	-	-	-	5.13	$23K	0.78	$4K
55	Angola	0.83	$13K	-	-	0.03	$0	30	$4K	0.6	$0
56	Fiji	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	$0	0.35	$0
57	Slovenia	-	-	-	-	0.41	$12K	0	$3K	0.35	$1K
58	Lesotho	-	-	0.01	$0	-	-	0.5	$0	0.2	$0
59	Senegal	-	-	108.28	$38K	-	-	4	$6K	0.15	$1K
60	Switzerland	-	-	-	-	0.01	$0	0.01	$0	0.12	$1K
61	Chile	6.02	$74K	4.42	$38K	6.81	$37K	-	-	0.04	$1K
62	Finland	-	-	-	-	0	$0	0.01	$0	0.01	$0
63	Eswatini	-	-	-	-	0.01	$0	-	-	0	$0
64	Latvia	1.88	$2K	1.16	$1K	0.05	$0	0	$0	0	$0
65	Kenya	77.21K	$27.25M	58.27K	$23.02M	6.65K	$4.05M	28.5K	$11.6M	-	-
66	Russia	17.95K	$4.01M	24.01K	$6.79M	-	-	-	-	-	-
67	Belize	-	-	-	-	5.2K	$1.85M	-	-	-	-
68	Honduras	6	$11K	199.09	$39K	-	-	1.42K	$233K	-	-
69	Taiwan	1.23K	$449K	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
70	Uruguay	1.01K	$876K	2.53K	$1.14M	67.64	$233K	1.18K	$853K	-	-
71	United Arab Emirates	4.81K	$1.22M	901.1	$599K	875.39	$412K	781.36	$355K	-	-
72	Nicaragua	81.65	$13K	61.6	$28K	1.18K	$222K	686.75	$169K	-	-
73	Botswana	4.55K	$823K	6.69K	$1.48M	1.41K	$454K	562.72	$201K	-	-
74	Ghana	-	-	638.07	$211K	18.76	$24K	93.43	$65K	-	-
75	Cameroon	7.66K	$1.98M	12.26	$1K	0.15	$0	54.13	$21K	-	-
76	Kazakhstan	0.98	$4K	110	$22K	44	$8K	-	-	-	-
77	Djibouti	-	-	526.17	$152K	21.32K	$8.71M	42	$8K	-	-
78	Bahrain	36.96	$16K	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
79	Namibia	0	$0	5.1	$3K	18.36	$5K	-	-	-	-
80	Rwanda	26.52	$45K	36.74	$19K	13.48	$10K	-	-	-	-
81	Iran	6	$8K	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
82	Oman	-	-	73.82	$25K	5.83	$2K	-	-	-	-
83	Saudi Arabia	-	-	5.7	$2K	-	-	-	-	-	-
84	Nepal	3.6	$2K	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
85	Morocco	4.95	$8K	15.67	$21K	3.5	$7K	2.1	$4K	-	-
86	DR Congo	138.42	$24K	2.3	$1K	1.8	$1K	-	-	-	-
87	Tunisia	5.31	$13K	4.42	$12K	-	-	1.03	$3K	-	-
88	Burundi	-	-	0.4	$1K	0.95	$0	-	-	-	-
89	Ethiopia	5	$3K	13.57K	$9.42M	5.74K	$4.02M	0.56	$0	-	-
90	Dominican Republic	-	-	2	$5K	11.98	$20K	0.53	$10K	-	-
91	Kyrgyzstan	-	-	-	-	0.24	$2K	-	-	-	-
92	Ireland	-	-	-	-	0.16	$0	-	-	-	-
93	Mozambique	0.59	$0	0.12	$0	-	-	0.14	$0	-	-
94	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	0.14	$0	-	-	-	-	-	-
95	Lithuania	-	-	7.05	$3K	-	-	0.12	$0	-	-
96	Colombia	-	-	54	$220K	0.08	$0	-	-	-	-
97	Tajikistan	0.1	$0	-	-	0.5	$0	0.03	$0	-	-
98	New Zealand	4.77	$32K	-	-	0.01	$0	-	-	-	-
99	Indonesia	-	-	0.01	$0	0.02	$0	0	$0	-	-
100	Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	$71K	-	-
101	Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	$44K	-	-
102	Palestine	-	-	-	-	0	$1K	-	-	-	-
103	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	$19K	-	-

Methodology

The ranking and every share in this article rest on 2024 listed quantities, not on multi-year averages or values. Those quantities are FAO Detailed Trade Matrix bilateral flows for sorghum exports, summed into yearly reporter totals for 2020-2024. Displayed quantities keep two decimals below 1,000 tonnes and whole tonnes above. Values are full current US dollars and are not inflation-adjusted. The 2024 sorghum exports ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities; values are not used for ranking. In the sorghum exports data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. The sorghum exports change uses overlapping reporters only; countries entering or leaving the listed set are shown separately. Partner-derived gap filling and food-aid additions can apply, and unreconciled bilateral pairs mean an export entry and its mirror import may not match.