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 124th of 178 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.
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
- 121 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 121 Malawi 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 123 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 125 Dominican Republic 1,916 kg/ha compare
- 126 Cuba 1,913 kg/ha compare
- 127 Costa Rica 1,898 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
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 124th out of 178 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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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.