Green corn (maize) — Yield in Australia
Australia: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 11,760 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — yield in Australia is 11,760 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Australia peaked at 15,446 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 7,778 kg/ha, in 1961.
Australia ranks 20th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,778 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,895 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 8,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 8,182 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 8,333 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 8,846 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 8,929 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 9,718 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 8,536 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 8,194 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 9,023 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 8,227 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 8,956 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 8,257 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 8,497 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 8,610 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 9,341 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 10,766 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1979 | 10,858 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 9,639 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1981 | 10,676 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 8,334 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1983 | 11,423 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1984 | 9,924 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1985 | 11,469 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1986 | 13,027 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 12,844 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 12,533 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 12,602 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 13,145 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 13,307 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 11,808 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1993 | 12,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 12,642 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 13,494 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 12,655 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 11,922 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 13,922 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1999 | 12,691 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 10,679 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2001 | 10,000 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 11,494 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 11,263 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 11,079 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 10,827 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 11,088 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 10,000 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 15,446 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 2009 | 14,771 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 12,241 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2011 | 10,499 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2012 | 11,569 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 11,569 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,554 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 11,468 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 10,880 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 11,351 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 10,532 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 13,705 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2020 | 11,732 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2021 | 11,535 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 11,701 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 11,769 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 11,760 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 11,760 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,198 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Australia's 11,760 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,473 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,469 kg/ha | 7,778 kg/ha | 9,718 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,073 kg/ha | 8,194 kg/ha | 10,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,247 kg/ha | 8,334 kg/ha | 13,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,759 kg/ha | 11,808 kg/ha | 13,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,665 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 15,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,537 kg/ha | 10,499 kg/ha | 13,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,699 kg/ha | 11,535 kg/ha | 11,769 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Australia?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Australia was 11,760 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,446 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,778 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Australia ranks 20th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.