Green corn (maize) — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 15,192 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Mexico, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — yield in Mexico is 15,192 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Mexico peaked at 15,660 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8,947 kg/ha, in 2005.
That places Mexico 12th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 9,621 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 9,090 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 10,427 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1983 | 10,702 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 10,749 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 10,652 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 10,979 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 9,008 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1988 | 9,292 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 10,367 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 9,193 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 9,584 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 9,918 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 9,605 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 9,323 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 9,734 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 10,710 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 9,643 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 9,967 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 10,492 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 11,181 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 12,540 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 11,699 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 11,645 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 9,774 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 8,947 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 9,480 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 11,038 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 10,833 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 9,828 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 11,529 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 12,183 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 12,553 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 12,558 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,686 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 12,604 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 12,788 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 15,371 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2018 | 15,660 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 15,091 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 14,598 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 15,366 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 15,552 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 15,253 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 15,192 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 15,192 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,331 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 15,192 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,272 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,089 kg/ha | 9,008 kg/ha | 10,979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,817 kg/ha | 9,193 kg/ha | 10,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,696 kg/ha | 8,947 kg/ha | 12,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,302 kg/ha | 11,529 kg/ha | 15,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,192 kg/ha | 14,598 kg/ha | 15,552 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Mexico?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Mexico was 15,192 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 15,660 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,947 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Mexico rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Mexico ranks 12th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.