Maize (corn) — Yield in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Maize (corn) — Yield was 740.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central African Republic recorded 740.7 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.4% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Central African Republic peaked at 1,202 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 327.7 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Central African Republic 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 533.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 428.6 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1963 | 428.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 kg/ha | +63.3% |
| 1965 | 800 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 773 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1970 | 672.9 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1971 | 688.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 634.3 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 570 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 388.6 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1975 | 420.4 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 420 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 330 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1978 | 502.9 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 1979 | 327.7 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1980 | 378.6 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 409.8 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 402.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 417.6 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 526.3 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1985 | 963.9 kg/ha | +83.1% |
| 1986 | 1,202 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1987 | 1,020 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1988 | 1,019 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 941 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 732.4 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1991 | 814.9 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1992 | 903.8 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 903.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 850 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 917.8 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 980.6 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 1,056 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 1,060 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,070 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 982.6 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 952 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 961.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 903.4 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 896.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 850 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 826.7 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 827.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 804.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 792.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 800 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 701 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 800 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 740.7 kg/ha | -7.4% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 740.7 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 740.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Central African Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +83.1% | 526.3 kg/ha | 963.9 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +63.3% | 428.6 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 695.94 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 495.56 kg/ha | 327.7 kg/ha | 688.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 728.05 kg/ha | 378.6 kg/ha | 1,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 885.89 kg/ha | 732.4 kg/ha | 1,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 937.63 kg/ha | 850 kg/ha | 1,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 805.09 kg/ha | 792.6 kg/ha | 827.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 768.34 kg/ha | 701 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 27.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Central African Republic?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Central African Republic was 740.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1,202 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 327.7 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Central African Republic rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Central African Republic ranks 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.