Green corn (maize) — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Green corn (maize) — Yield was 26,912 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in European Union (27), 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 26,912 kg/ha for green corn (maize) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 31,549 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,536 kg/ha, in 1983.
European Union (27) ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in European Union (27), 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 | 13,304 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 14,612 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 15,175 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 15,220 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 17,900 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 17,650 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 18,866 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 17,167 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 18,681 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 20,279 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 18,734 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 16,859 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 20,548 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2005 | 21,266 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 22,405 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 22,026 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 24,321 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 24,361 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 23,245 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 22,445 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 20,418 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 23,738 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2014 | 23,277 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 25,444 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 25,342 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 22,173 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 31,234 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 2019 | 30,325 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 31,549 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 28,223 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 23,364 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 27,172 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2024 | 26,912 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Yield in European Union (27) 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 | 15,843 kg/ha | 13,304 kg/ha | 18,866 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,948 kg/ha | 16,859 kg/ha | 24,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,764 kg/ha | 20,418 kg/ha | 31,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,444 kg/ha | 23,364 kg/ha | 31,549 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in European Union (27)?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in European Union (27) was 26,912 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 31,549 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,536 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does European Union (27) rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.