Maize (corn) — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,913 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Cuba stood at 1,913 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.5% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Cuba peaked at 2,746 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 708.5 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Cuba 117th out of 163 countries 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 923.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 933.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 950 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 947.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 925.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 918.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 936.2 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 937.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 911.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 809.5 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 846.2 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 708.5 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 826.6 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 1,048 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1975 | 1,136 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 1,240 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,234 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,234 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,039 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 871.9 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1991 | 802.7 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 818.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 725.2 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 948.2 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1995 | 1,053 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 1,169 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1997 | 1,274 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 1,304 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 2,010 kg/ha | +54.1% |
| 2000 | 2,163 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 2,330 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 2,528 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 2,722 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 2,746 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 2,330 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 2,500 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 2,610 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 2,520 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 1,494 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 2010 | 1,438 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 2,470 kg/ha | +71.7% |
| 2012 | 2,347 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 2,392 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 2,306 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 2,428 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 2,373 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 2,369 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,390 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,394 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,000 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2021 | 1,894 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 1,756 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 1,297 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2024 | 1,913 kg/ha | +47.5% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 1,913 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 1,913 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +71.7% | 1,438 kg/ha | 2,470 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +54.1% | 1,304 kg/ha | 2,010 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +47.5% | 1,297 kg/ha | 1,913 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -40.7% | 2,520 kg/ha | 1,494 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 931.47 kg/ha | 911.1 kg/ha | 950 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,037 kg/ha | 708.5 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,214 kg/ha | 1,039 kg/ha | 1,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,098 kg/ha | 725.2 kg/ha | 2,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,394 kg/ha | 1,494 kg/ha | 2,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,291 kg/ha | 1,438 kg/ha | 2,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,772 kg/ha | 1,297 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 114 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 115 Afghanistan 1,926 kg/ha compare
- 116 Dominican Republic 1,916 kg/ha compare
- 118 Costa Rica 1,898 kg/ha compare
- 119 Honduras 1,896 kg/ha compare
- 120 Rwanda 1,834 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Cuba?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Cuba was 1,913 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 2,746 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 708.5 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Cuba rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Cuba ranks 117th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.