Maize (corn) — Yield in Hungary
Hungary: Maize (corn) — Yield was 5,999 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Hungary, 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 Hungary is 5,999 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.9% on the previous year and down 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Hungary peaked at 8,630 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,026 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Hungary 53rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Hungary, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,026 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,515 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1963 | 2,755 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 2,903 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 2,926 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 3,158 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 2,848 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1968 | 2,990 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 3,788 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1970 | 3,376 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 3,539 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 3,977 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1973 | 4,046 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 4,238 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 5,018 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1976 | 3,806 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1977 | 4,644 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1978 | 5,134 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 5,412 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 5,324 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 5,877 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 6,874 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1983 | 5,694 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1984 | 5,902 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 6,303 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 6,338 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 6,184 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 5,464 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1989 | 6,329 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 4,158 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1991 | 6,710 kg/ha | +61.4% |
| 1992 | 3,650 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 1993 | 3,500 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 3,850 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 4,530 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1996 | 5,687 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1997 | 6,448 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1998 | 6,005 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1999 | 6,413 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 4,179 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 2001 | 6,246 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 2002 | 5,076 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2003 | 3,959 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2004 | 7,001 kg/ha | +76.8% |
| 2005 | 7,557 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 6,816 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 3,733 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 2008 | 7,465 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 6,394 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 6,474 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 6,498 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 3,998 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2013 | 5,437 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2014 | 7,818 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 2015 | 5,787 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 2016 | 8,630 kg/ha | +49.1% |
| 2017 | 6,815 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2018 | 8,445 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2019 | 8,009 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 8,527 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 6,092 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2022 | 3,387 kg/ha | -44.4% |
| 2023 | 8,100 kg/ha | +139.2% |
| 2024 | 5,999 kg/ha | -25.9% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 5,999 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 5,999 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,224 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Hungary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +139.2% | 3,387 kg/ha | 8,100 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,879 kg/ha | 2,026 kg/ha | 3,788 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,319 kg/ha | 3,376 kg/ha | 5,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,029 kg/ha | 5,324 kg/ha | 6,874 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,095 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 6,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,843 kg/ha | 3,733 kg/ha | 7,557 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,791 kg/ha | 3,998 kg/ha | 8,630 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,421 kg/ha | 3,387 kg/ha | 8,527 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Hungary?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Hungary was 5,999 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 8,630 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,026 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Hungary rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Hungary ranks 53rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.