Green corn (maize) — Yield in Europe
Europe: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 25,239 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Europe, 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 25,239 kg/ha for green corn (maize) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Europe peaked at 29,109 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,536 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Europe 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7,245 kg/ha | — |
| 1983 | 5,536 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1984 | 5,914 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 6,250 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 6,421 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 6,744 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 14,686 kg/ha | +117.8% |
| 1989 | 13,600 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 14,605 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 13,930 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 13,242 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 14,513 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 15,053 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 15,118 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 17,765 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 17,438 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 18,749 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 17,056 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 18,518 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2001 | 20,067 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 18,546 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 16,723 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 20,252 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 20,833 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 22,152 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 21,800 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 24,073 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 24,042 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 22,951 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 22,198 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 20,238 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 23,473 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2014 | 22,618 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 24,870 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 24,698 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 21,683 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2018 | 29,109 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2019 | 27,911 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 28,650 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 26,155 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 22,339 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 25,355 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2024 | 25,239 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Yield in Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +117.8% | 6,744 kg/ha | 14,686 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8,300 kg/ha | 5,536 kg/ha | 14,686 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 15,747 kg/ha | 13,242 kg/ha | 18,749 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,701 kg/ha | 16,723 kg/ha | 24,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,975 kg/ha | 20,238 kg/ha | 29,109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,548 kg/ha | 22,339 kg/ha | 28,650 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 Greece 39,681 kg/ha compare
- 1 Melanesia 10,013 kg/ha compare
- 2 Croatia 26,679 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kazakhstan 25,572 kg/ha compare
- 4 Panama 25,116 kg/ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 7,262 kg/ha compare
- 5 France 22,331 kg/ha compare
- 5 Micronesia 3,776 kg/ha compare
- 6 Israel 21,957 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 3,658 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,795 kg/ha compare
- 7 Serbia 20,442 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Europe?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Europe was 25,239 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 29,109 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,536 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Europe rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Europe ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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About this data
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.