Green corn (maize) — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 19,492 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Western Asia, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — yield in Western Asia stood at 19,492 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Western Asia peaked at 27,602 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 9,524 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Western Asia 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 9,524 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 9,524 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,615 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11,429 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 12,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 13,357 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 13,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 14,628 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 15,381 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 16,819 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 14,633 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 15,138 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 14,968 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 14,221 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 13,556 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 14,614 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 15,886 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 13,936 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1999 | 16,338 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2000 | 15,235 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 14,085 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 15,309 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 17,305 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 16,470 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 17,698 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 15,992 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 18,092 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 17,687 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 22,141 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2010 | 23,848 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 27,602 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 19,349 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 20,122 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 20,026 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 19,701 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 23,857 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 22,933 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 22,510 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 22,575 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 22,692 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 24,392 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 20,260 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2023 | 19,619 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 19,492 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9,683 kg/ha | 9,524 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 11,941 kg/ha | 9,615 kg/ha | 15,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,011 kg/ha | 13,556 kg/ha | 16,819 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,001 kg/ha | 14,085 kg/ha | 22,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,252 kg/ha | 19,349 kg/ha | 27,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,291 kg/ha | 19,492 kg/ha | 24,392 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 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
- 8 Palestine 19,220 kg/ha compare
- 9 El Salvador 18,799 kg/ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 711.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 10.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — yield in Western Asia?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Western Asia was 19,492 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 27,602 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,524 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Western Asia rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.