Maize (corn) — Yield in Congo
Congo: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Congo is 1,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Congo peaked at 1,020 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 384.6 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Congo 144th 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 Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,020 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 625 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1967 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 937.5 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 571.4 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1970 | 571.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 666.7 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 538.5 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1974 | 605.4 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1975 | 600 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 611.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 384.6 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 1979 | 653.8 kg/ha | +70.0% |
| 1980 | 805.6 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1981 | 960 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1982 | 570.1 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1983 | 716.6 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1984 | 654.6 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 756.4 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1986 | 836.5 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 755.8 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 789.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 824.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 578.4 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1991 | 598.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 604.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 602.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 623.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 763.1 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 772.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 773.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 782.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 771.3 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 800 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 803 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 806 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 815.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 806.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 808.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 817.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 791.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 804.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 809.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 817.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 828.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 821.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 823.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 854 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 869.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 896.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 930.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 962 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1,000 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1,000 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Congo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +70.0% | 384.6 kg/ha | 653.8 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +50.0% | 625 kg/ha | 937.5 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -40.6% | 960 kg/ha | 570.1 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -39.1% | 937.5 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -37.5% | 1,000 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -37.1% | 611.1 kg/ha | 384.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 808.77 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 589.82 kg/ha | 384.6 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 766.95 kg/ha | 570.1 kg/ha | 960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 687.02 kg/ha | 578.4 kg/ha | 782.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 806.26 kg/ha | 791.7 kg/ha | 817.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 880.44 kg/ha | 817.4 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Congo?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Congo was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,020 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 384.6 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Congo rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Congo ranks 144th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.