Green corn (maize) — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 3,082 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 3,082 kg/ha for green corn (maize) — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Western Africa peaked at 3,158 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,968 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Western Africa 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,092 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,224 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 2,377 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 2,025 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1965 | 2,134 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 2,195 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 2,144 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 2,316 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 2,246 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 2,315 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 2,478 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 1,968 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1973 | 2,438 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1974 | 2,387 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 2,877 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1976 | 2,654 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 2,679 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 2,463 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 2,580 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 2,799 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 2,774 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 2,667 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 2,570 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 2,713 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 2,752 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 2,665 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 2,951 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 3,061 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 3,066 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 3,093 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 2,929 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 2,820 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 3,158 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 3,036 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 3,059 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 3,091 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 3,092 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 3,123 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 3,116 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 3,113 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 3,139 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 3,126 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,092 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 3,076 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 3,054 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 3,085 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 3,036 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 3,081 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 3,079 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,029 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 3,108 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 3,107 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,092 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 3,084 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,078 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,063 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,067 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,068 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,066 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,067 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,070 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,062 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,078 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,082 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,195 kg/ha | 2,025 kg/ha | 2,377 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,484 kg/ha | 1,968 kg/ha | 2,877 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,802 kg/ha | 2,570 kg/ha | 3,066 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,052 kg/ha | 2,820 kg/ha | 3,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,088 kg/ha | 3,036 kg/ha | 3,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,076 kg/ha | 3,029 kg/ha | 3,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,072 kg/ha | 3,062 kg/ha | 3,082 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 19 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 20 Australia 11,760 kg/ha compare
- 21 Poland 11,460 kg/ha compare
- 22 South Africa 10,734 kg/ha compare
- 23 Peru 10,331 kg/ha compare
- 24 North Macedonia 10,034 kg/ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 2,414 kg/ha compare
- 25 Papua New Guinea 10,013 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Western Africa?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Western Africa was 3,082 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,158 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,968 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Western Africa rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.