Maize (corn) — Yield in Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde: Maize (corn) — Yield was 40.3 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cabo Verde, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cabo Verde recorded 40.3 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 75.2% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Cabo Verde peaked at 1,162 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.1 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places Cabo Verde 29th out of 29 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cabo Verde, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 650 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 650 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 650 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 650 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 485.7 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1966 | 487.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 488.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 440 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 437.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 308 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1971 | 303.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 191.7 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 1973 | 238 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1974 | 314.3 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1975 | 444.4 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 1976 | 454.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 375 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1978 | 333.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 428.6 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 531.3 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1981 | 428.6 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1982 | 440 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 385.7 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1984 | 493.6 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1985 | 400.9 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1986 | 534.3 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 607.2 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 481.9 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1989 | 273.8 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1990 | 334.6 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1991 | 252.9 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1992 | 302.1 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 359.1 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1994 | 250.3 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1995 | 262.9 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 317.2 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1997 | 146.9 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 1998 | 141.5 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 1,162 kg/ha | +721.2% |
| 2000 | 794.8 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2001 | 637.3 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2002 | 148.5 kg/ha | -76.7% |
| 2003 | 379.2 kg/ha | +155.4% |
| 2004 | 385.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 243.2 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 2006 | 218 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 158.8 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2008 | 233.8 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 2009 | 230.8 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 220 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 177.8 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2012 | 196.2 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 182.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 34.3 kg/ha | -81.2% |
| 2015 | 276.5 kg/ha | +706.1% |
| 2016 | 178 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 2017 | 0.1 kg/ha | -99.9% |
| 2018 | 22.7 kg/ha | +22600.0% |
| 2019 | 23.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 15.7 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 2021 | 16.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 11.5 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2023 | 23 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2024 | 40.3 kg/ha | +75.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Cabo Verde 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +22600.0% | 0.1 kg/ha | 22.7 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +721.2% | 141.5 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +706.1% | 34.3 kg/ha | 276.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 548.81 kg/ha | 437.5 kg/ha | 650 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 339.11 kg/ha | 191.7 kg/ha | 454.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 457.73 kg/ha | 273.8 kg/ha | 607.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 352.95 kg/ha | 141.5 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 342.96 kg/ha | 148.5 kg/ha | 794.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 131.11 kg/ha | 0.1 kg/ha | 276.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.36 kg/ha | 11.5 kg/ha | 40.3 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Cabo Verde?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Cabo Verde was 40.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cabo Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 1,162 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cabo Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Cabo Verde rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Cabo Verde ranks 29th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Cabo Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cabo Verde 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.