Maize (corn) — Production in Somalia
Somalia: Maize (corn) — Production was 69,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Somalia is 69,000 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.4% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Somalia peaked at 353,300 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 49,000 t, in 2021.
Somalia ranks 116th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112,778 t | 105,000 t | 120,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 105,920 t | 81,000 t | 141,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 246,250 t | 110,000 t | 353,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 123,207 t | 78,727 t | 165,615 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 194,118 t | 100,000 t | 287,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 101,138 t | 57,000 t | 149,497 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,600 t | 49,000 t | 95,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 55.79 (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 575.39 million current US$ (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 55.8% (1990)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 55.79 (1990)
- Rural population 8.82 million (2025)
- Rural population 44.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 0 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Somalia?
- Maize (corn) — production in Somalia was 69,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 353,300 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,000 t in 2021.
- How does Somalia rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Somalia ranks 116th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.