Maize (corn) — Yield in Fiji
Fiji: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,318 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Fiji stood at 3,318 kg/ha.
The figure is down 44.3% on the previous year and up 68.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Fiji peaked at 5,952 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 717.1 kg/ha, in 2001.
Fiji ranks 89th of 163 countries 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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,212 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 2,198 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 2,222 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 2,353 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 2,467 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 2,467 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,500 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 1,254 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 1971 | 1,253 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 1,657 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1973 | 3,686 kg/ha | +122.4% |
| 1974 | 1,781 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 1975 | 1,294 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1976 | 3,702 kg/ha | +186.1% |
| 1977 | 3,706 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 2,667 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1979 | 2,500 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 1,750 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1981 | 2,333 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 2,062 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 2,258 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 2,317 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 3,400 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1986 | 3,333 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1988 | 1,997 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,260 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 1990 | 2,108 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 1991 | 1,201 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1992 | 2,161 kg/ha | +80.0% |
| 1993 | 922.3 kg/ha | -57.3% |
| 1994 | 2,415 kg/ha | +161.8% |
| 1995 | 2,572 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 2,501 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 3,077 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1998 | 2,580 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 1,810 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2000 | 1,803 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 717.1 kg/ha | -60.2% |
| 2002 | 1,715 kg/ha | +139.1% |
| 2003 | 1,794 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 1,786 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,926 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 1,916 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,900 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1,948 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,944 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,043 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 1,957 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 1,968 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,966 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,964 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,000 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 2016 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,005 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,998 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,200 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 3,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2022 | 5,208 kg/ha | +73.6% |
| 2023 | 5,952 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 3,318 kg/ha | -44.3% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 3,318 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 3,318 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,033 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Fiji changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +186.1% | 1,294 kg/ha | 3,702 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +161.8% | 922.3 kg/ha | 2,415 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +139.1% | 717.1 kg/ha | 1,715 kg/ha |
| 1973 | +122.4% | 1,657 kg/ha | 3,686 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +80.0% | 1,201 kg/ha | 2,161 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +73.6% | 3,000 kg/ha | 5,208 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,313 kg/ha | 2,198 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,350 kg/ha | 1,253 kg/ha | 3,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,271 kg/ha | 1,260 kg/ha | 3,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,135 kg/ha | 922.3 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,745 kg/ha | 717.1 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,490 kg/ha | 1,957 kg/ha | 3,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,136 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 5,952 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Fiji?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Fiji was 3,318 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 5,952 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 717.1 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Fiji rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Fiji ranks 89th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.