Maize (corn) — Yield in Central America
Central America: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,364 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Central America stood at 3,364 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Central America peaked at 3,712 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 973.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 23rd out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,079 kg/ha | 973.8 kg/ha | 1,168 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,284 kg/ha | 1,175 kg/ha | 1,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,742 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 1,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,164 kg/ha | 1,954 kg/ha | 2,324 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,716 kg/ha | 2,315 kg/ha | 3,053 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,161 kg/ha | 2,681 kg/ha | 3,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,481 kg/ha | 3,364 kg/ha | 3,712 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Central America?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Central America was 3,364 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,712 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 973.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Central America ranks 23rd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.