Maize (corn) — Yield in Africa
Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,070 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 2,070 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Africa peaked at 2,219 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 979.6 kg/ha, in 1964.
Africa ranks 26th of 33 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,103 kg/ha | 979.6 kg/ha | 1,368 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,364 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,472 kg/ha | 1,157 kg/ha | 1,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,537 kg/ha | 1,136 kg/ha | 1,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,774 kg/ha | 1,613 kg/ha | 2,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,987 kg/ha | 1,874 kg/ha | 2,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,158 kg/ha | 2,070 kg/ha | 2,219 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Africa?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Africa was 2,070 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,219 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 979.6 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Africa rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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.