Maize (corn) — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Maize (corn) — Yield was 5,426 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 5,426 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Brazil peaked at 5,913 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,161 kg/ha, in 1964.
Brazil ranks 62nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,312 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 1,383 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,454 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 1,632 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,829 kg/ha | 1,649 kg/ha | 2,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,413 kg/ha | 1,808 kg/ha | 2,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,427 kg/ha | 2,718 kg/ha | 4,080 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,034 kg/ha | 4,211 kg/ha | 5,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,379 kg/ha | 4,650 kg/ha | 5,913 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 59 Republic of Korea 5,713 kg/ha compare
- 60 Syrian Arab Republic 5,684 kg/ha compare
- 61 Belarus 5,667 kg/ha compare
- 63 Papua New Guinea 5,405 kg/ha compare
- 64 Yugoslav SFR 5,336 kg/ha compare
- 65 Armenia 5,188 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture share gdp 6.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 11.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 25.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 138.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 7.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Brazil?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Brazil was 5,426 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 5,913 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,161 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Brazil rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Brazil ranks 62nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.