Maize (corn) — Yield in Central Asia
Central Asia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 8,204 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central Asia recorded 8,204 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Central Asia peaked at 8,204 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,563 kg/ha, in 1997.
Central Asia ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,713 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,772 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 2,922 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1995 | 2,829 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 2,690 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 2,563 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 3,236 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1999 | 3,533 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 3,704 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 4,327 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2002 | 4,345 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 4,525 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 4,785 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 4,545 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 4,879 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 5,157 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 5,600 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 5,916 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 6,078 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 6,299 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 5,990 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 6,408 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 6,564 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 6,643 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 7,162 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 6,966 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 7,055 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 6,955 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 6,938 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 7,245 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 7,125 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 7,818 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 8,204 kg/ha | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,157 kg/ha | 2,563 kg/ha | 3,772 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 4,778 kg/ha | 3,704 kg/ha | 5,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,612 kg/ha | 5,990 kg/ha | 7,162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,466 kg/ha | 6,938 kg/ha | 8,204 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,665 kg/ha compare
- 2 Qatar 19,241 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 16,873 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 5,684 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tajikistan 15,840 kg/ha compare
- 5 Israel 15,692 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 5,107 kg/ha compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,974 kg/ha compare
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 12,449 kg/ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 4,499 kg/ha compare
- 8 Spain 12,115 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,339 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 8.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 8.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 29.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 5.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.85 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Central Asia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Central Asia was 8,204 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,204 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,563 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Central Asia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Central Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.