Maize (corn) — Yield in Germany
Germany: Maize (corn) — Yield was 10,053 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Germany, 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 Germany is 10,053 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Germany peaked at 10,684 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,898 kg/ha, in 1961.
Germany ranks 17th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,885 kg/ha | 2,898 kg/ha | 4,894 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,253 kg/ha | 4,660 kg/ha | 6,406 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,494 kg/ha | 5,522 kg/ha | 7,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,675 kg/ha | 6,776 kg/ha | 8,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,016 kg/ha | 7,384 kg/ha | 9,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,549 kg/ha | 8,139 kg/ha | 10,684 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,610 kg/ha | 8,402 kg/ha | 10,361 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Germany?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Germany was 10,053 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 10,684 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,898 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Germany ranks 17th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.