Maize (corn) — Production in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Maize (corn) — Production was 985.44 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 985.44 t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Vanuatu peaked at 986 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 330 t, in 1966.
Vanuatu ranks 145th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Production in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 t | — |
| 1962 | 350 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 350 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 350 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 350 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 330 t | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 350 t | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 380 t | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 400 t | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 450 t | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 450 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 t | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 550 t | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 600 t | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 650 t | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 650 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 650 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 650 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 650 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 660 t | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 670 t | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 660 t | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 650 t | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 660 t | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 700 t | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 650 t | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 660 t | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 670 t | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 700 t | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 690.79 t | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 695.99 t | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 700 t | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 700 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 717.99 t | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 725.5 t | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 734 t | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 741.91 t | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 743.02 t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 755.75 t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 767.18 t | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 750 t | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 800 t | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 820 t | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 819.87 t | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 822.91 t | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 830.58 t | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 800 t | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 950 t | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 890.19 t | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 873.51 t | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 887.17 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 904.19 t | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 916.67 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 932.3 t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 945.56 t | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 956.94 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 986 t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 983.57 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 985.44 t | +0.2% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 985.44 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 774,000 t, 0% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 985.44 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 345,736 t, 0% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 356.67 t | 330 t | 400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 535 t | 450 t | 600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 655 t | 650 t | 670 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 688.48 t | 650 t | 717.99 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 765.72 t | 725.5 t | 820 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 880.75 t | 800 t | 950 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 971.5 t | 945.56 t | 986 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Vanuatu?
- Maize (corn) — production in Vanuatu was 985.44 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 986 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 330 t in 1966.
- How does Vanuatu rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Vanuatu ranks 145th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.