Maize (corn) — Yield in Algeria
Algeria: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,000 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 6,000 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 129.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Algeria peaked at 8,562 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 451.2 kg/ha, in 1994.
Algeria ranks 52nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Algeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 974.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 540 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1963 | 1,072 kg/ha | +98.4% |
| 1964 | 1,170 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 1,100 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1966 | 819 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1967 | 1,095 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1968 | 1,144 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 998.5 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1970 | 1,024 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 813.5 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1972 | 852.8 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 1,180 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1974 | 1,351 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1975 | 1,806 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1976 | 1,279 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1977 | 1,223 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 1,081 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1979 | 1,117 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 966 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1981 | 1,003 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 783.6 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1983 | 933.3 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1984 | 1,867 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1985 | 637.6 kg/ha | -65.8% |
| 1986 | 843.3 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1987 | 1,411 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1989 | 2,400 kg/ha | +140.0% |
| 1990 | 1,650 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1991 | 1,923 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1992 | 2,283 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1993 | 1,250 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 1994 | 451.2 kg/ha | -63.9% |
| 1995 | 1,612 kg/ha | +257.2% |
| 1996 | 1,715 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 2,142 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1998 | 1,722 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1999 | 2,238 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2000 | 3,619 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 2001 | 2,718 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2002 | 3,348 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2003 | 2,885 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 3,173 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 3,386 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 6,567 kg/ha | +93.9% |
| 2007 | 8,562 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 2008 | 4,471 kg/ha | -47.8% |
| 2009 | 3,091 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 2010 | 2,583 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 2,337 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 2,558 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 3,365 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2014 | 2,616 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 3,924 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2016 | 4,512 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 1,301 kg/ha | -71.2% |
| 2018 | 4,442 kg/ha | +241.5% |
| 2019 | 4,154 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 6,074 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 2021 | 5,128 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 5,500 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 6,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 6,000 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 6,000 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +257.2% | 451.2 kg/ha | 1,612 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +241.5% | 1,301 kg/ha | 4,442 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 990.34 kg/ha | 540 kg/ha | 1,170 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,173 kg/ha | 813.5 kg/ha | 1,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,184 kg/ha | 637.6 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,699 kg/ha | 451.2 kg/ha | 2,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,182 kg/ha | 2,718 kg/ha | 8,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,179 kg/ha | 1,301 kg/ha | 4,512 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,740 kg/ha | 5,128 kg/ha | 6,074 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Algeria?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Algeria was 6,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 8,562 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 451.2 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Algeria rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Algeria ranks 52nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 129.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.