Maize (corn) — Yield in Cambodia
Cambodia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,086 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cambodia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 6,086 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 74.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Cambodia peaked at 6,086 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 820 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Cambodia 50th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,979 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,502 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1963 | 1,593 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 1,606 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 1,018 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1966 | 1,528 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 1,281 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1968 | 1,362 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 1,151 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1970 | 1,589 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1971 | 1,292 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1972 | 1,416 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 1,161 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1974 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 1,182 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,364 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 1,290 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 1,231 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 933.3 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 836.1 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1983 | 877.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 1,116 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1985 | 913 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1986 | 1,186 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1987 | 950 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1988 | 820 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1989 | 1,102 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1990 | 1,956 kg/ha | +77.5% |
| 1991 | 1,200 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 1992 | 1,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 1,058 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1994 | 1,216 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 1,219 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,374 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1997 | 1,243 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 1,217 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 1,595 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 2000 | 2,734 kg/ha | +71.5% |
| 2001 | 2,761 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 2,080 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2003 | 3,747 kg/ha | +80.2% |
| 2004 | 3,320 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2005 | 3,515 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 3,580 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 3,683 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 3,751 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 4,176 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 3,613 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2011 | 4,115 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 4,414 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 3,906 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 3,485 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 3,200 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 4,812 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2017 | 5,428 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 5,915 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 4,825 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2020 | 5,291 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 5,747 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 5,921 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 5,979 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 6,086 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 6,086 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 6,086 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,033 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,447 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha | 1,979 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,263 kg/ha | 933.3 kg/ha | 1,589 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 980.1 kg/ha | 820 kg/ha | 1,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 1,956 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,335 kg/ha | 2,080 kg/ha | 4,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,371 kg/ha | 3,200 kg/ha | 5,915 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,805 kg/ha | 5,291 kg/ha | 6,086 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,250 kg/ha compare
- 48 Kazakhstan 6,198 kg/ha compare
- 49 Pakistan 6,133 kg/ha compare
- 51 China, Taiwan Province of 6,005 kg/ha compare
- 52 Algeria 6,000 kg/ha compare
- 53 Hungary 5,999 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Cambodia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Cambodia was 6,086 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,086 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 820 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Cambodia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Cambodia ranks 50th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.