Sorghum — Producer Price in India

India: Sorghum — Producer Price was 8,600 SLC in 2008. ▲ Rising

Latest (2008)
8,600 SLC
Change on year
up 11.0%
World rank
30th
of 61 countries
All-time high
8,600 SLC
in 2008
All-time low
3,114 SLC
in 1991
Years of data
17
1991–2008

Sorghum — Producer Price in India, 1991–2008

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k1991199920081991: 3.1k SLC1992: 3.3k SLC1993: 3.7k SLC1994: 4.2k SLC1995: 4.3k SLC1996: 4.8k SLC1997: 4.0k SLC1998: 4.4k SLC1999: 5.7k SLC2000: 5.4k SLC2001: 5.1k SLC2002: 5.5k SLC2003: 5.5k SLC2004: 5.5k SLC2005: 5.9k SLC2006: 7.7k SLC2008: 8.6k SLC

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.

Analysis

In 2008, sorghum — producer price in India stood at 8,600 SLC. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 93.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sorghum — producer price in India peaked at 8,600 SLC in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,114 SLC, in 1991.

That places India 30th out of 61 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Sorghum — Producer Price in India, year by year

Annual values for Sorghum — Producer Price (SLC/tonne) in India, 1991 to 2008.
Year SLC Change
1991 3,114 SLC
1992 3,322 SLC +6.7%
1993 3,658 SLC +10.1%
1994 4,210 SLC +15.1%
1995 4,344 SLC +3.2%
1996 4,850 SLC +11.6%
1997 4,020 SLC -17.1%
1998 4,445 SLC +10.6%
1999 5,736 SLC +29.0%
2000 5,439 SLC -5.2%
2001 5,090 SLC -6.4%
2002 5,460 SLC +7.3%
2003 5,486 SLC +0.5%
2004 5,464 SLC -0.4%
2005 5,932 SLC +8.6%
2006 7,746 SLC +30.6%
2008 8,600 SLC +11.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4,189 SLC 3,114 SLC 5,736 SLC 9
2000s 6,152 SLC 5,090 SLC 8,600 SLC 8

Countries ranked near India

  1. 27 Pakistan 27,500 SLC compare
  2. 28 Nicaragua 27,212 SLC compare
  3. 29 Uruguay 10,498 SLC compare
  4. 31 Kyrgyzstan 8,398 SLC compare
  5. 32 Zambia 8,303 SLC
  6. 33 Ethiopia 7,640 SLC compare

See the full ranking of 68 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sorghum — producer price in India?
Sorghum — producer price in India was 8,600 SLC in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sorghum — producer price recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 8,600 SLC in 2008.
What is the lowest sorghum — producer price recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 3,114 SLC in 1991.
How does India rank for sorghum — producer price?
India ranks 30th out of 61 countries with data for 2008.
Is sorghum — producer price rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 93.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Producer Price (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sorghum — Producer Price (SLC/tonne)
Unit
SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
68 places, 1,452 data points, 1991–2024
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This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.