Maize (corn) — Yield in Djibouti
Djibouti: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,041 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Djibouti, 1981–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Djibouti is 2,041 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Djibouti peaked at 2,500 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 1,333 kg/ha, in 1989.
Djibouti ranks 109th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1982 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,333 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 1,750 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1986 | 1,667 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 1,500 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 1,538 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 1,333 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1990 | 1,667 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 1,643 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 1,647 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,652 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1,658 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,683 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1,705 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,726 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,769 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1,833 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 1,714 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 1,667 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,659 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,500 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 1,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 1,738 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 1,781 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 1,817 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,848 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1,879 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,986 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,008 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1,998 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,999 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,998 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,003 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,007 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,021 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,027 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,034 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,041 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Djibouti compared with similar countries
- Djibouti's 2,041 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Djibouti's 2,041 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Djibouti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +25.0% | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,958 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1990s | 1,682 kg/ha | 1,643 kg/ha | 1,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,704 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,972 kg/ha | 1,848 kg/ha | 2,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,026 kg/ha | 2,007 kg/ha | 2,041 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
More agriculture & rural data for Djibouti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.7373 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 88.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2702 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Djibouti?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Djibouti was 2,041 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,333 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Djibouti rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Djibouti ranks 109th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.