Maize (corn) — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,581 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Argentina is 6,581 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 28.8% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Argentina peaked at 7,862 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,648 kg/ha, in 1963.
Argentina ranks 46th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,767 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,894 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 1,648 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 1,801 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1965 | 1,678 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1966 | 2,150 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1967 | 2,466 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 1,942 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1969 | 1,929 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 2,330 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1971 | 2,442 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 1,862 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1973 | 2,721 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1974 | 2,840 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 2,508 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 2,117 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1977 | 3,278 kg/ha | +54.8% |
| 1978 | 3,647 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 3,107 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1980 | 2,570 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 3,801 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 1982 | 3,028 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1983 | 3,030 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 3,141 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 3,563 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1986 | 3,745 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 3,190 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1988 | 3,774 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1989 | 2,910 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1990 | 3,461 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1991 | 4,044 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1992 | 4,524 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 4,355 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 4,237 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 4,522 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 4,040 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 4,556 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 6,078 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1999 | 5,370 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 5,433 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 5,455 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 6,079 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 6,477 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 6,393 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 7,359 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 5,903 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2007 | 7,666 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2008 | 6,452 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 5,576 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 7,804 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 6,350 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 5,735 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 6,604 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 6,841 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 7,309 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 7,443 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 7,576 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 6,088 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2019 | 7,862 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 2020 | 7,554 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 7,430 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 6,733 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 5,109 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2024 | 6,581 kg/ha | +28.8% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 6,581 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 6,581 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,920 kg/ha | 1,648 kg/ha | 2,466 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,685 kg/ha | 1,862 kg/ha | 3,647 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,275 kg/ha | 2,570 kg/ha | 3,801 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,519 kg/ha | 3,461 kg/ha | 6,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,279 kg/ha | 5,433 kg/ha | 7,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,961 kg/ha | 5,735 kg/ha | 7,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,681 kg/ha | 5,109 kg/ha | 7,554 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 43 Ukraine 6,600 kg/ha compare
- 44 China, mainland 6,592 kg/ha compare
- 45 China 6,591 kg/ha compare
- 47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,250 kg/ha compare
- 48 Kazakhstan 6,198 kg/ha compare
- 49 Pakistan 6,133 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Argentina?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Argentina was 6,581 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 7,862 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,648 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Argentina rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Argentina ranks 46th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.