Maize (corn) — Yield in Chad
Chad: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,273 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Yield in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Chad recorded 1,273 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Chad peaked at 2,241 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 526.7 kg/ha, in 2001.
Chad ranks 137th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Chad, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,059 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 625.8 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1965 | 777.8 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1966 | 848.7 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 1,000 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1968 | 2,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 1,923 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 1,714 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 2,241 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1972 | 2,143 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 1,897 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1974 | 2,054 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 1,515 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1976 | 1,600 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 950 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1978 | 750 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1979 | 800 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 833.3 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 875 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 724.4 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1983 | 777.6 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 815.7 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 830 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 780.2 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 706.6 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 1,077 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 1989 | 983.1 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 976.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 984.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 1,269 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1993 | 838.3 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 1994 | 1,243 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1995 | 883.1 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1996 | 891.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 956.6 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 1,407 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1999 | 699.1 kg/ha | -50.3% |
| 2000 | 753 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 526.7 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2002 | 712.8 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2003 | 907.5 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 845.1 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 1,094 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2006 | 1,067 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 1,021 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 961.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 983.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 817.4 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 1,227 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 2012 | 1,368 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 1,227 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 1,164 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 1,146 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,273 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 1,181 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 1,281 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 1,262 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,203 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 1,124 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 1,121 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,105 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 1,273 kg/ha | +15.2% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 1,273 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Chad's 1,273 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Chad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +100.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,137 kg/ha | 625.8 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,566 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 2,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 840.26 kg/ha | 706.6 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,015 kg/ha | 699.1 kg/ha | 1,407 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 887.1 kg/ha | 526.7 kg/ha | 1,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,195 kg/ha | 817.4 kg/ha | 1,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,165 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Chad?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Chad was 1,273 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 2,241 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 526.7 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Chad rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Chad ranks 137th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad 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.