Maize (corn) — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,795 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in European Union (27) is 6,795 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.6% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 8,362 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,052 kg/ha, in 1962.
European Union (27) ranks 10th of 29 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,104 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,052 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 2,442 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1964 | 2,466 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 2,402 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 2,960 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1967 | 2,803 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 2,986 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 3,339 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 3,337 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 3,647 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 3,786 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 3,963 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 3,697 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 3,903 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 3,877 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 4,188 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 4,314 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 4,652 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 4,549 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 4,691 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 5,454 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 5,088 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 5,068 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 5,415 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 5,522 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 5,257 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 5,362 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 5,285 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 4,813 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 5,989 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1992 | 4,771 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1993 | 5,088 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 5,206 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 5,499 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 5,772 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 6,769 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1998 | 5,930 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 6,544 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 5,586 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 6,416 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2002 | 6,501 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 5,368 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2004 | 7,108 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2005 | 7,023 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 6,547 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 6,133 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 7,181 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 6,937 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 7,189 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 7,596 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 6,055 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2013 | 6,847 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 8,098 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2015 | 6,422 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2016 | 7,386 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 7,893 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 8,362 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 7,867 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 7,273 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 7,896 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2022 | 5,993 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2023 | 7,355 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2024 | 6,795 kg/ha | -7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,617 kg/ha | 2,052 kg/ha | 3,339 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,936 kg/ha | 3,337 kg/ha | 4,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,169 kg/ha | 4,549 kg/ha | 5,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,638 kg/ha | 4,771 kg/ha | 6,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,480 kg/ha | 5,368 kg/ha | 7,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,372 kg/ha | 6,055 kg/ha | 8,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,062 kg/ha | 5,993 kg/ha | 7,896 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 7 New Caledonia 12,449 kg/ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 4,499 kg/ha compare
- 8 Spain 12,115 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,339 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,932 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,528 kg/ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 11,915 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 2,064 kg/ha compare
- 12 New Zealand 11,301 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 10,814 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,756 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in European Union (27)?
- Maize (corn) — yield in European Union (27) was 6,795 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 8,362 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,052 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does European Union (27) rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.