Maize (corn) — Yield in Australia
Australia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 5,950 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 5,950 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.7% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Australia peaked at 8,300 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,569 kg/ha, in 1966.
Australia ranks 55th of 178 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,101 kg/ha | 1,569 kg/ha | 2,335 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,665 kg/ha | 2,320 kg/ha | 3,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,263 kg/ha | 2,165 kg/ha | 4,191 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,885 kg/ha | 3,994 kg/ha | 5,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,457 kg/ha | 4,647 kg/ha | 6,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,679 kg/ha | 5,551 kg/ha | 8,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,574 kg/ha | 4,972 kg/ha | 8,175 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 52 China, Taiwan Province of 6,005 kg/ha compare
- 53 Algeria 6,000 kg/ha compare
- 54 Hungary 5,999 kg/ha compare
- 56 Indonesia 5,940 kg/ha compare
- 57 Russian Federation 5,836 kg/ha compare
- 58 Serbia and Montenegro 5,814 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Australia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Australia was 5,950 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,300 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,569 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Australia ranks 55th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.