Maize (corn) — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Maize (corn) — Yield was 7,146 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Australia and New Zealand stood at 7,146 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 19.3% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 9,083 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,741 kg/ha, in 1966.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 37th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,277 kg/ha | 1,741 kg/ha | 2,718 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,839 kg/ha | 2,853 kg/ha | 4,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,491 kg/ha | 3,461 kg/ha | 5,339 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,089 kg/ha | 5,445 kg/ha | 7,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,599 kg/ha | 5,719 kg/ha | 7,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,698 kg/ha | 6,752 kg/ha | 9,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,746 kg/ha | 5,992 kg/ha | 8,970 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand
- Fat of pigs — Production 21,661 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 6.36 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 511,939 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 2.74 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 5,715 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 86,030 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 491,636 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,417 ha (2005)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.36 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 7,146 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 9,083 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,741 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 37th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.