Maize (corn) — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,071 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Eswatini stood at 1,071 kg/ha.
The figure is down 12.0% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Eswatini peaked at 2,206 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 400.1 kg/ha, in 1961.
Eswatini ranks 157th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 480.51 kg/ha | 400.1 kg/ha | 673.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,347 kg/ha | 620.3 kg/ha | 1,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,339 kg/ha | 676.8 kg/ha | 2,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,591 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 2,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,193 kg/ha | 552 kg/ha | 1,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,289 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 1,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,317 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,588 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture share gdp 6.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
- Rural population 73.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 920,507 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 330.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,363 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Eswatini?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Eswatini was 1,071 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,206 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 400.1 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 157th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.