Maize (corn) — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,670 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Bhutan stood at 3,670 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Bhutan peaked at 4,050 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 742.4 kg/ha, in 1989.
Bhutan ranks 82nd 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,399 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,398 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 1,401 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 1,399 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 1,402 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,399 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 1,401 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 1,399 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 1,401 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,399 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 1,401 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 1,399 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 1,421 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,421 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,400 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 1,361 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 1,357 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 1,361 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 954.2 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1988 | 743.1 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1989 | 742.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 952.4 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1991 | 1,013 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 1,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 1,111 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 1,277 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 1,403 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 1,600 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1997 | 1,700 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 1,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,556 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 1,564 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,579 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1,586 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,850 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 4,050 kg/ha | +118.8% |
| 2005 | 3,061 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2006 | 2,648 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 2,182 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 2,446 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 2,141 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 2,318 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 2,805 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2012 | 2,842 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 3,207 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 3,238 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 3,640 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 3,579 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 3,518 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 3,524 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 3,067 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 3,621 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 3,767 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 3,482 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 3,621 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 3,670 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 3,670 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 3,670 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 3,607 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +118.8% | 1,850 kg/ha | 4,050 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -29.9% | 1,361 kg/ha | 954.2 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +28.3% | 742.4 kg/ha | 952.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,398 kg/ha | 1,402 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,399 kg/ha | 1,401 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,216 kg/ha | 742.4 kg/ha | 1,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,331 kg/ha | 952.4 kg/ha | 1,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,311 kg/ha | 1,564 kg/ha | 4,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,174 kg/ha | 2,318 kg/ha | 3,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,632 kg/ha | 3,482 kg/ha | 3,767 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Bhutan?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Bhutan was 3,670 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 4,050 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 742.4 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Bhutan rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 82nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.