Maize (corn) — Yield in Europe
Europe: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,363 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Europe stood at 6,363 kg/ha.
The figure is down 9.9% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Europe peaked at 7,528 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,087 kg/ha, in 1963.
Europe ranks 14th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,568 kg/ha | 2,087 kg/ha | 3,197 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,686 kg/ha | 3,154 kg/ha | 4,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,553 kg/ha | 4,125 kg/ha | 4,847 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,960 kg/ha | 4,199 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,609 kg/ha | 4,682 kg/ha | 6,237 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,498 kg/ha | 5,256 kg/ha | 7,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,583 kg/ha | 5,888 kg/ha | 7,216 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 69.42 million An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 77.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Europe?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Europe was 6,363 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,528 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,087 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Europe ranks 14th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.