Green corn (maize) — Yield in Africa
Africa: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 3,720 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — yield in Africa stood at 3,720 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Africa peaked at 3,730 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,486 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Africa 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,525 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,667 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 2,865 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 2,486 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1965 | 2,632 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 2,705 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 2,629 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 2,760 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 2,696 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 2,732 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 2,913 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 2,524 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 2,989 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1974 | 3,067 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 3,401 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 3,234 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 3,318 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 3,126 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 3,292 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 3,442 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 3,432 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 3,251 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 3,131 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 3,223 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 3,192 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 3,154 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 3,578 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1988 | 3,536 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 3,546 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 3,622 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 3,424 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 3,334 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 3,618 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 3,527 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 3,547 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 3,576 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 3,609 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 3,650 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 3,649 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,638 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 3,657 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 3,635 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 3,630 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 3,602 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 3,576 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 3,614 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 3,595 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 3,632 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 3,627 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,573 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 3,630 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 3,646 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 3,666 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 3,659 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,663 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,643 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,666 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 3,666 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,675 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,693 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 3,700 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,700 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,730 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 3,720 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,663 kg/ha | 2,486 kg/ha | 2,865 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,060 kg/ha | 2,524 kg/ha | 3,401 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,348 kg/ha | 3,131 kg/ha | 3,578 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,555 kg/ha | 3,334 kg/ha | 3,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,621 kg/ha | 3,576 kg/ha | 3,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,649 kg/ha | 3,573 kg/ha | 3,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,708 kg/ha | 3,693 kg/ha | 3,730 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Africa?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Africa was 3,720 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,730 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,486 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Africa rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Africa ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Green corn (maize) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.