Maize (corn) — Yield in Eritrea
Eritrea: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 1,000 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Eritrea peaked at 1,048 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 207.6 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Eritrea 158th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 504.06 kg/ha | 230.8 kg/ha | 792 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 518.23 kg/ha | 207.6 kg/ha | 975.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 984.74 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 1,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture share gdp 14.12 (2009)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.12 (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 262.24 million current US$ (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 2.36 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Aquaculture farmed fish production 25.97 (2024)
- Cereal yield 638 kg per hectare (2024)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 25.97 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Eritrea?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Eritrea 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,048 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 207.6 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Eritrea ranks 158th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.