Maize (corn) — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,963 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Antigua and Barbuda recorded 1,963 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 2,500 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1,562 kg/ha, in 2002.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 114th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1967 | 2,250 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 2,500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 2,250 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 2,400 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 2,286 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 2,000 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 2,056 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 1,875 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 1,821 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 1,667 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 1,750 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 1,920 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 1,706 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1981 | 1,800 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 1,788 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 1,790 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 1,706 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 1,900 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 1,905 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1,920 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 2,036 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 2,143 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 2,381 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,833 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1992 | 1,714 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 1,690 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,668 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,607 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 1,639 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 1,634 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,632 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,632 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,600 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 1,615 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1,562 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,571 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,579 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,597 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,625 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1,601 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,619 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 1,590 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 1,586 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,597 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,595 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,593 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,583 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,580 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,843 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 2,031 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 2,234 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 1,989 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 1,881 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 2,001 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 1,952 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 1,940 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,963 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 1,963 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 1,963 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,375 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 2,007 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,869 kg/ha | 1,706 kg/ha | 2,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,743 kg/ha | 1,607 kg/ha | 2,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,596 kg/ha | 1,562 kg/ha | 1,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,763 kg/ha | 1,580 kg/ha | 2,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,948 kg/ha | 1,881 kg/ha | 2,001 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 111 Sao Tome and Principe 2,004 kg/ha compare
- 112 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 112 Malawi 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 115 Afghanistan 1,926 kg/ha compare
- 116 Dominican Republic 1,916 kg/ha compare
- 117 Cuba 1,913 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Antigua and Barbuda was 1,963 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,562 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 114th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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.