Maize (corn) — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,926 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 1,926 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 32.6% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 2,980 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 840 kg/ha, in 2003.
Afghanistan ranks 115th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,400 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,426 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 1,426 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,440 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 1,440 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,414 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 1,706 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1969 | 1,718 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 1,476 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1971 | 1,340 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1972 | 1,565 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1973 | 1,617 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 1,617 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,612 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 1,660 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,583 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 1,618 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 1,610 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 1,671 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 1,669 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 1,666 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 1,664 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 1,661 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 1,665 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1,688 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1,702 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,703 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,696 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,758 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1,680 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 1,500 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 1,679 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 1,667 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 1,656 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,636 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 1,500 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 1,650 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 1,500 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 1,198 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +67.0% |
| 2002 | 2,980 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 2003 | 840 kg/ha | -71.8% |
| 2004 | 1,600 kg/ha | +90.5% |
| 2005 | 1,207 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2006 | 2,620 kg/ha | +117.1% |
| 2007 | 2,628 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,628 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,143 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 1,645 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2011 | 1,640 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,199 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 2013 | 2,197 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,488 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 2,146 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 2,052 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 1,296 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 2018 | 1,473 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 1,946 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2020 | 1,934 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,900 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 2,237 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2023 | 2,858 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2024 | 1,926 kg/ha | -32.6% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 1,926 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 1,926 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +117.1% | 1,207 kg/ha | 2,620 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +90.5% | 840 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha |
| 2003 | -71.8% | 2,980 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +67.0% | 1,198 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +49.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,980 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -36.8% | 2,052 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,486 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,718 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,570 kg/ha | 1,340 kg/ha | 1,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,679 kg/ha | 1,661 kg/ha | 1,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,623 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,984 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha | 2,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,908 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha | 2,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,171 kg/ha | 1,900 kg/ha | 2,858 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 112 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 112 Malawi 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 114 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 116 Dominican Republic 1,916 kg/ha compare
- 117 Cuba 1,913 kg/ha compare
- 118 Costa Rica 1,898 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Afghanistan?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Afghanistan was 1,926 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,980 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 840 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Afghanistan rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 115th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.