Maize (corn) — Yield in Comoros
Comoros: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,720 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 1,720 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Comoros peaked at 2,404 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Comoros 123rd 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 Comoros, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,046 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,095 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 1,022 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 1,040 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 1,071 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 1,100 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 1,094 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 1,094 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,061 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 1,061 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,061 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,059 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,057 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1,056 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 1,053 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 1,050 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 1,070 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,250 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 1,725 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1985 | 1,479 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1986 | 1,662 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1987 | 2,402 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1988 | 2,402 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,404 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 2,380 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 2,338 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 2,320 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 2,302 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 2,283 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 2,265 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 2,245 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 2,176 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 1,933 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 2,182 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2000 | 2,121 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 2,090 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 2,089 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,073 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 2,058 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 2,042 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,026 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,009 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,992 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 1,974 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1,956 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,938 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,920 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,902 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1,884 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,866 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,848 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,831 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,804 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,785 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,767 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,763 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,750 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,734 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,720 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 1,720 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 1,720 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +44.5% | 1,662 kg/ha | 2,402 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +38.0% | 1,250 kg/ha | 1,725 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +25.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,069 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,047 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,632 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,242 kg/ha | 1,933 kg/ha | 2,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,047 kg/ha | 1,974 kg/ha | 2,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,873 kg/ha | 1,785 kg/ha | 1,956 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,747 kg/ha | 1,720 kg/ha | 1,767 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 120 Rwanda 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 121 Cameroon 1,833 kg/ha compare
- 122 Madagascar 1,833 kg/ha compare
- 124 Sierra Leone 1,704 kg/ha compare
- 125 Dominica 1,690 kg/ha compare
- 126 Burkina Faso 1,682 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Comoros?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Comoros was 1,720 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 2,404 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Comoros rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Comoros ranks 123rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.