Maize (corn) — Yield by country

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...

Countries reporting
178
Highest
22,474 kg/ha
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
40.3 kg/ha
Cabo Verde
Median
3,650 kg/ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,742

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Yield is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 22,474 kg/ha in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 40.3 kg/ha in Cabo Verde.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,650 kg/ha, and the mean is 4,701 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 558.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 182.3%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (down 60.8%).

Maize (corn) — Yield: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg/ha 2024 up 57.8% rising
2 Qatar 19,241 kg/ha 2024 up 53.6% rising
3 Kuwait 16,873 kg/ha 2024 down 45.1% volatile
4 Tajikistan 15,840 kg/ha 2024 up 19.3% volatile
5 Israel 15,692 kg/ha 2024 down 54.0% volatile
6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha 2024 down 45.5% volatile
7 New Caledonia 12,449 kg/ha 2024 up 120.2% volatile
8 Spain 12,115 kg/ha 2024 up 6.2% rising
9 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,108 kg/ha 1999 up 55.6% rising
10 Uzbekistan 11,915 kg/ha 2024 up 3.0% rising
11 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha 2024 up 31.3% volatile
12 New Zealand 11,301 kg/ha 2024 up 2.8% rising
13 Azerbaijan 10,814 kg/ha 2024 up 99.6% rising
14 Chile 10,806 kg/ha 2024 up 7.0% rising
15 Canada 10,588 kg/ha 2024 up 13.9% rising
16 Türkiye 10,261 kg/ha 2024 up 13.1% volatile
17 Germany 10,053 kg/ha 2024 down 5.9% rising
18 Switzerland 9,979 kg/ha 2024 down 7.2% rising
19 Italy 9,974 kg/ha 2024 down 6.1% rising
20 Austria 9,900 kg/ha 2024 down 8.3% rising
21 Greece 9,674 kg/ha 2024 down 12.9% rising
22 Portugal 9,477 kg/ha 2024 up 13.7% volatile
23 Bangladesh 9,246 kg/ha 2024 up 33.7% volatile
24 France 9,204 kg/ha 2024 down 8.4% rising
25 Slovenia 9,196 kg/ha 2024 up 0.5% rising
26 Jordan 8,890 kg/ha 1990 up 16.2% volatile
27 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 8,451 kg/ha 2024 down 38.5% rising
28 Belgium 8,328 kg/ha 2024 down 20.7% falling
29 Czechia 8,142 kg/ha 2024 down 3.4% rising
30 Lithuania 7,875 kg/ha 2024 up 30.1% volatile
31 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha 2024 up 2.9% volatile
32 Egypt 7,585 kg/ha 2024 down 2.2% rising
33 Croatia 7,567 kg/ha 2024 down 6.6% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 7,325 kg/ha 2024 up 21.1% rising
35 Poland 7,224 kg/ha 2024 up 9.7% rising
36 Slovakia 7,223 kg/ha 2024 down 13.9% rising
37 Australia and New Zealand 7,146 kg/ha 2024 down 15.8% rising
38 Saudi Arabia 7,134 kg/ha 2024 up 11.2% volatile
39 Albania 7,124 kg/ha 2024 up 3.1% rising
40 Denmark 6,886 kg/ha 2024 down 4.6% rising
41 Luxembourg 6,880 kg/ha 2024 down 11.1% falling
42 Sweden 6,769 kg/ha 2024 up 63.3% rising
43 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,665 kg/ha 2024 down 6.1% volatile
44 Ukraine 6,600 kg/ha 2024 up 7.2% rising
45 China, mainland 6,592 kg/ha 2024 up 13.5% rising
46 China 6,591 kg/ha 2024 up 13.5% rising
47 Argentina 6,581 kg/ha 2024 down 3.8% rising
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,250 kg/ha 2024 up 32.9% rising
49 Kazakhstan 6,198 kg/ha 2024 up 17.3% rising
50 Pakistan 6,133 kg/ha 2024 up 41.9% volatile
51 Cambodia 6,086 kg/ha 2024 up 74.6% volatile
52 China, Taiwan Province of 6,005 kg/ha 2024 down 2.2% rising
53 Algeria 6,000 kg/ha 2024 up 129.3% volatile
54 Hungary 5,999 kg/ha 2024 down 23.3% rising
55 Australia 5,950 kg/ha 2024 down 20.2% rising
56 Indonesia 5,940 kg/ha 2024 up 19.9% volatile
57 Russian Federation 5,836 kg/ha 2024 up 33.9% rising
58 Serbia and Montenegro 5,814 kg/ha 2005 up 36.9% rising
59 Republic of Korea 5,713 kg/ha 2024 up 10.3% rising
60 Syrian Arab Republic 5,684 kg/ha 2024 up 108.6% volatile
61 Belarus 5,667 kg/ha 2024 up 5.8% rising
62 Brazil 5,426 kg/ha 2024 up 4.8% volatile
63 Papua New Guinea 5,405 kg/ha 2024 down 2.5% volatile
64 Yugoslav SFR 5,336 kg/ha 1991 up 25.0% rising
65 Armenia 5,188 kg/ha 2024 down 26.8% rising
66 Serbia 5,172 kg/ha 2024 down 31.2% rising
67 Viet Nam 5,107 kg/ha 2024 up 15.7% volatile
68 Oman 5,055 kg/ha 2024 down 25.4% volatile
69 Iraq 5,000 kg/ha 2024 up 46.2% rising
70 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,974 kg/ha 2024 down 14.3% volatile
71 Uruguay 4,699 kg/ha 2024 up 9.1% volatile
72 Thailand 4,661 kg/ha 2024 up 9.8% rising
73 North Macedonia 4,603 kg/ha 2024 up 2.5% rising
74 Melanesia 4,499 kg/ha 2024 up 19.3% rising
75 Ecuador 4,365 kg/ha 2024 up 27.1% volatile
76 Colombia 4,343 kg/ha 2024 up 21.8% rising
77 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,339 kg/ha 2024 up 13.2% rising
78 Czechoslovakia 4,312 kg/ha 1992 down 19.1% rising
79 Malaysia 4,178 kg/ha 2024 rising
80 Maldives 4,172 kg/ha 2024 up 4.3% volatile
81 Paraguay 4,150 kg/ha 2024 up 3.8% volatile
82 Suriname 4,024 kg/ha 2024 up 66.5% rising
83 Panama 4,007 kg/ha 2024 up 56.6% volatile
84 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,932 kg/ha 2024 down 11.0% rising
85 Myanmar 3,928 kg/ha 2024 up 6.3% volatile
86 Belize 3,820 kg/ha 2024 up 4.5% rising
87 Mexico 3,704 kg/ha 2024 up 12.4% rising
88 Bhutan 3,670 kg/ha 2024 up 13.3% rising
89 Peru 3,656 kg/ha 2024 up 15.7% rising
90 Montenegro 3,645 kg/ha 2024 down 28.3% rising
91 India 3,545 kg/ha 2024 up 36.9% rising
92 Puerto Rico 3,498 kg/ha 2024 up 9.6% volatile
93 Nepal 3,487 kg/ha 2024 up 41.8% rising
94 Ethiopia 3,444 kg/ha 2024 up 16.7% rising
95 Fiji 3,318 kg/ha 2024 up 68.9% rising
96 Philippines 3,313 kg/ha 2024 up 11.3% volatile
97 USSR 3,293 kg/ha 1991 up 23.8% rising
98 Bulgaria 3,250 kg/ha 2024 down 57.7% rising
99 El Salvador 3,084 kg/ha 2024 up 18.3% rising
100 Sri Lanka 3,074 kg/ha 2024 down 14.4% volatile
101 Georgia 3,070 kg/ha 2024 up 31.7% rising
102 Lebanon 2,996 kg/ha 2024 down 0.1% volatile
103 Turkmenistan 2,960 kg/ha 2024 up 5.8% volatile
104 Romania 2,829 kg/ha 2024 down 40.9% rising
105 Senegal 2,814 kg/ha 2024 up 130.5% rising
106 Barbados 2,793 kg/ha 2024 up 3.5% rising
107 Ghana 2,772 kg/ha 2024 up 60.3% rising
108 Japan 2,685 kg/ha 2024 down 0.4% flat
109 Trinidad and Tobago 2,570 kg/ha 2003 down 22.9% falling
110 Côte d'Ivoire 2,564 kg/ha 2024 up 19.3% rising
111 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,528 kg/ha 2024 up 16.4% rising
112 Mali 2,473 kg/ha 2024 up 13.9% rising
113 Guatemala 2,259 kg/ha 2024 up 8.1% rising
114 Libya 2,219 kg/ha 2024 up 5.7% rising
115 Zambia 2,208 kg/ha 2024 down 20.6% rising
116 Uganda 2,174 kg/ha 2024 down 16.4% rising
117 Timor-Leste 2,064 kg/ha 2024 down 25.6% rising
118 Djibouti 2,041 kg/ha 2024 up 2.7% rising
119 Nigeria 2,030 kg/ha 2024 up 19.4% rising
120 Sao Tome and Principe 2,004 kg/ha 2024 down 3.0% rising
121 Malawi 2,000 kg/ha 2024 down 14.3% rising
121 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha 1977 unchanged falling
123 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha 2024 up 24.0% falling
124 Afghanistan 1,926 kg/ha 2024 down 22.6% rising
125 Dominican Republic 1,916 kg/ha 2024 up 29.0% flat
126 Cuba 1,913 kg/ha 2024 down 17.0% rising
127 Costa Rica 1,898 kg/ha 2024 up 13.2% rising
128 Honduras 1,896 kg/ha 2024 up 2.1% rising
129 Rwanda 1,834 kg/ha 2024 up 19.7% rising
130 Cameroon 1,833 kg/ha 2024 up 3.9% rising
131 Madagascar 1,833 kg/ha 2024 up 8.9% rising
132 United Republic of Tanzania 1,756 kg/ha 2024 up 8.1% rising
133 Comoros 1,720 kg/ha 2024 down 8.7% rising
134 Sierra Leone 1,704 kg/ha 2024 up 182.3% rising
135 Dominica 1,690 kg/ha 2024 up 4.1% rising
136 Burkina Faso 1,682 kg/ha 2024 down 12.0% rising
137 Kenya 1,666 kg/ha 2024 up 0.4% rising
138 Republic of Moldova 1,622 kg/ha 2024 down 51.6% rising
139 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,570 kg/ha 1980 down 60.8% falling
140 Yemen 1,567 kg/ha 2024 up 11.7% falling
141 Gabon 1,561 kg/ha 2024 down 0.3% rising
142 Ethiopia PDR 1,528 kg/ha 1992 down 16.9% rising
143 Micronesia 1,449 kg/ha 2024 down 2.6% rising
143 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,449 kg/ha 2024 down 2.6% rising
145 Guinea 1,442 kg/ha 2024 up 17.0% rising
146 Nicaragua 1,424 kg/ha 2023 up 20.6% rising
147 Guyana 1,364 kg/ha 2024 down 0.4% rising
148 Sudan (former) 1,351 kg/ha 2011 up 83.1% rising
149 Jamaica 1,342 kg/ha 2024 up 18.6% flat
150 Chad 1,273 kg/ha 2024 up 9.3% falling
151 Togo 1,256 kg/ha 2024 up 5.0% rising
152 Caribbean 1,250 kg/ha 2024 up 3.1% rising
153 Burundi 1,226 kg/ha 2024 down 6.7% rising
154 Niger 1,215 kg/ha 2024 down 31.0% rising
155 Benin 1,190 kg/ha 2024 down 14.9% rising
156 Angola 1,189 kg/ha 2024 up 14.5% rising
157 Eswatini 1,071 kg/ha 2024 down 21.5% rising
158 Congo 1,000 kg/ha 2024 up 17.1% rising
158 Eritrea 1,000 kg/ha 2024 up 5.6% rising
158 Guinea-Bissau 1,000 kg/ha 2024 unchanged rising
158 French Guiana 1,000 kg/ha 2006 up 41.4% volatile
162 Grenada 996.6 kg/ha 2024 up 0.3% rising
163 Sudan 970.4 kg/ha 2024 down 8.6% falling
164 South Sudan 964.9 kg/ha 2024 up 0.1% rising
165 Namibia 933 kg/ha 2024 down 41.7% rising
166 Gambia 932.4 kg/ha 2024 up 13.0% flat
167 Mozambique 810 kg/ha 2024 up 1.7% rising
168 Haiti 769.4 kg/ha 2024 up 5.3% falling
169 Democratic Republic of the Congo 769 kg/ha 2024 down 0.9% rising
170 Zimbabwe 729.9 kg/ha 2024 down 21.5% falling
171 Morocco 722.4 kg/ha 2024 up 2.0% falling
172 Saint Lucia 700 kg/ha 1979 down 21.6% falling
173 Somalia 690 kg/ha 2024 up 5.2% rising
174 Mauritania 642.9 kg/ha 2024 down 5.7% rising
175 Vanuatu 636.2 kg/ha 2024 up 3.3% rising
176 Lesotho 632.7 kg/ha 2024 down 6.8% falling
177 Botswana 600 kg/ha 2024 up 119.0% volatile
178 Cabo Verde 40.3 kg/ha 2024 up 17.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Maize (corn) — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
211 places, 11,742 data points, 1961–2024
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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.