Green corn (maize) — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Green corn (maize) — Yield was 2,344 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 2,344 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 2,918 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,060 kg/ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,122 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,060 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 2,088 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 2,075 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 2,082 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 2,136 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 2,125 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 2,060 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 2,084 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 2,073 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 2,286 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 2,297 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 2,304 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 2,310 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 2,294 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 2,282 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 2,336 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,338 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 2,303 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 2,349 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,276 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 2,347 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 2,382 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 2,281 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 2,283 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 2,579 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 2,581 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 2,583 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 2,586 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 2,918 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 2,498 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1992 | 2,497 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 2,503 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,506 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 2,506 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,527 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 2,551 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 2,590 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 2,574 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,572 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,571 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,570 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,569 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,555 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 2,550 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,580 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 2,564 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 2,592 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 2,564 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 2,539 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 2,543 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,361 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 2,387 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 2,402 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 2,419 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,396 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,386 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,374 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,360 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,345 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,336 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,321 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,344 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 2,344 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,092 kg/ha | 2,060 kg/ha | 2,136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,282 kg/ha | 2,073 kg/ha | 2,338 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,425 kg/ha | 2,276 kg/ha | 2,586 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,567 kg/ha | 2,497 kg/ha | 2,918 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,569 kg/ha | 2,550 kg/ha | 2,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,417 kg/ha | 2,360 kg/ha | 2,543 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,338 kg/ha | 2,321 kg/ha | 2,345 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 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
- 8 Palestine 19,220 kg/ha compare
- 9 El Salvador 18,799 kg/ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 711.7 kg/ha compare
- 10 Jordan 18,127 kg/ha compare
- 11 Austria 17,982 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 2,344 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,918 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,060 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 8th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.