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 11th 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 | 2,617 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)
- 8 Spain 12,115 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 11,915 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 12 New Zealand 11,301 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 10,814 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 10,806 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for European Union (27)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 100,090 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 223.89 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 21.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 132.13 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 16.90 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 41,140 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 232,110 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,250 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 669,430 t (2024)
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 11th out of 33 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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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.