Maize (corn) — Yield in Angola
Angola: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,189 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Angola stood at 1,189 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Angola peaked at 1,189 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 235.8 kg/ha, in 1989.
Angola ranks 142nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Angola, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 811.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 811.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 769.2 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 865.4 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 937.5 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 791.7 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1967 | 760 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 782.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 900 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1970 | 912 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 777.6 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1972 | 754.7 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 728.8 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 666.7 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 583.3 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1978 | 666.7 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 600 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 416.7 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1982 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 458.3 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 433.3 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 416.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 350 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1987 | 352.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 300 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1989 | 235.8 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1990 | 273.6 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 401.3 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1992 | 377.8 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 262.7 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1994 | 246.3 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 351.7 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1996 | 699.3 kg/ha | +98.8% |
| 1997 | 595.9 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1998 | 739.6 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1999 | 636.1 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2000 | 574.5 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 575.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 670.6 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2003 | 755.9 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 540.4 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2005 | 673.6 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2006 | 468.7 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2007 | 509.1 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 794.6 kg/ha | +56.1% |
| 2009 | 661.4 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2010 | 720 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 737.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 777 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 946.7 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2014 | 1,039 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 1,123 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 978.5 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 893.5 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 1,048 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 1,067 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,099 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 1,084 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,120 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 1,155 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 1,189 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 1,189 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Angola's 1,189 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +98.8% | 351.7 kg/ha | 699.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 825.46 kg/ha | 760 kg/ha | 937.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 708.98 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 398.04 kg/ha | 235.8 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 458.43 kg/ha | 246.3 kg/ha | 739.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 622.42 kg/ha | 468.7 kg/ha | 794.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 932.96 kg/ha | 720 kg/ha | 1,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,129 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 1,189 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Angola?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Angola was 1,189 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 1,189 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 235.8 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Angola rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Angola ranks 142nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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.