Maize (corn) — Yield in Bahamas
Bahamas: Maize (corn) — Yield was 7,737 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Bahamas stood at 7,737 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Bahamas peaked at 8,342 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 666.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
Bahamas ranks 31st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 833.3 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 892.9 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 909.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 914.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 937.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 940 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 980 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 980.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 990.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 991 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,010 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 1,021 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 1,031 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 1,159 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 1,143 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 1,141 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 1,143 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 1,165 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 1,250 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 1,333 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 1,344 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 1,344 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,364 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 1,400 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 1,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,600 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 1,793 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1995 | 1,793 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,793 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,740 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 1,984 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 2,166 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 2,476 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 3,000 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2002 | 3,050 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 3,400 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 3,550 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 3,600 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 3,800 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 4,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 4,762 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2009 | 6,000 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2010 | 7,533 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2011 | 7,308 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 7,340 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 7,413 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 7,516 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 8,342 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 7,710 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 7,821 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 7,863 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 7,416 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 7,207 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 7,840 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 7,776 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 7,598 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 7,737 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 7,737 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 7,737 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +26.0% | 4,762 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +25.6% | 6,000 kg/ha | 7,533 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 878.63 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 980 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,033 kg/ha | 980.8 kg/ha | 1,159 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,289 kg/ha | 1,141 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,770 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,764 kg/ha | 2,476 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,626 kg/ha | 7,308 kg/ha | 8,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,632 kg/ha | 7,207 kg/ha | 7,840 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Bahamas?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Bahamas was 7,737 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 8,342 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 666.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Bahamas rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Bahamas ranks 31st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.