Maize (corn) — Yield in Albania
Albania: Maize (corn) — Yield was 7,124 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Albania recorded 7,124 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Albania peaked at 7,362 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 907.9 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Albania 39th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Albania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 954.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 907.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 1,192 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1964 | 1,163 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 1,051 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 1,505 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1967 | 1,724 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 1,878 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 1,948 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 2,072 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 1,944 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 1,967 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 2,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 2,198 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 2,700 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1976 | 3,111 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1977 | 3,765 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1978 | 3,954 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 3,750 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 2,650 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1981 | 3,158 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1982 | 3,725 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1983 | 4,226 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1984 | 3,721 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1985 | 3,513 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 4,506 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1987 | 3,815 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1988 | 3,287 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1989 | 4,797 kg/ha | +45.9% |
| 1990 | 3,661 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1991 | 2,907 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1992 | 2,488 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 2,418 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 2,585 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 3,130 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1996 | 3,260 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 3,186 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 3,342 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 3,746 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2000 | 3,881 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 3,814 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 3,946 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 4,280 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 4,620 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 4,544 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 5,011 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 4,673 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 5,000 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 5,569 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 6,679 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2011 | 5,987 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 6,729 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 6,953 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 6,909 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 6,960 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,488 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 6,563 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 7,227 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 7,053 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 7,036 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 7,107 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 7,090 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,362 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 7,124 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 7,124 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Albania's 7,124 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,224 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,369 kg/ha | 907.9 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,746 kg/ha | 1,944 kg/ha | 3,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,740 kg/ha | 2,650 kg/ha | 4,797 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,072 kg/ha | 2,418 kg/ha | 3,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,534 kg/ha | 3,814 kg/ha | 5,569 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,755 kg/ha | 5,987 kg/ha | 7,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,144 kg/ha | 7,036 kg/ha | 7,362 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 36 Slovakia 7,223 kg/ha compare
- 37 Australia and New Zealand 7,146 kg/ha compare
- 38 Saudi Arabia 7,134 kg/ha compare
- 40 Denmark 6,886 kg/ha compare
- 41 Luxembourg 6,880 kg/ha compare
- 42 Sweden 6,769 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Albania?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Albania was 7,124 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 7,362 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 907.9 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Albania rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Albania ranks 39th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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.