Maize (corn) — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,364 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 1,364 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Guyana peaked at 3,038 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 777.8 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Guyana 134th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 984.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 940.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 921.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 1,065 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1965 | 1,009 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 1,009 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 1,124 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 1,524 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1969 | 1,682 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 1,458 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 1,755 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1972 | 1,904 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 1,806 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1974 | 2,242 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1975 | 1,913 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 929.2 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 1977 | 1,089 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1978 | 1,334 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1979 | 1,480 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 1,480 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 866.2 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1982 | 883.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 906.7 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 777.8 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1986 | 1,064 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 1,236 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 1,115 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 1,154 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 1,567 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1991 | 1,378 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 1,208 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1993 | 1,207 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,179 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 1,333 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 1,148 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1997 | 3,038 kg/ha | +164.7% |
| 1998 | 1,568 kg/ha | -48.4% |
| 1999 | 1,495 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 1,235 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2001 | 1,264 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1,406 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2003 | 1,250 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 1,717 kg/ha | +71.7% |
| 2008 | 1,333 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2009 | 1,341 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,369 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,377 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,376 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,374 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,369 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,369 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,366 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,365 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,361 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,364 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,364 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,365 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,366 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,365 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,364 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 1,364 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 18% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 1,364 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +164.7% | 1,148 kg/ha | 3,038 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +71.7% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,717 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,140 kg/ha | 921.4 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,591 kg/ha | 929.2 kg/ha | 2,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,048 kg/ha | 777.8 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,512 kg/ha | 1,148 kg/ha | 3,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,305 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,369 kg/ha | 1,361 kg/ha | 1,377 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,365 kg/ha | 1,364 kg/ha | 1,366 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Guyana?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Guyana was 1,364 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 3,038 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 777.8 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Guyana rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Guyana ranks 134th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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.