Maize (corn) — Yield in India
India: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,545 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in India, 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 India is 3,545 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 36.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in India peaked at 3,545 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 899.9 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places India 85th 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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 956.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 992.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 995.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 1,010 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 1,005 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 964.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 1,123 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1968 | 997.4 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1969 | 967.9 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 1,279 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1971 | 899.9 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1972 | 1,094 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1973 | 964.8 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1974 | 948.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 1,203 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1976 | 1,060 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1977 | 1,051 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 1,076 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 979.4 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 1,159 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1981 | 1,162 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 1,145 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 1,352 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1984 | 1,456 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 1,146 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1986 | 1,282 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 1,029 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1988 | 1,396 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1989 | 1,632 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1990 | 1,518 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 1,376 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 1,623 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 1,587 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 1,472 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 1,550 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 1,678 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 1,748 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 1,777 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,785 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1,799 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1,993 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 1,688 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 2,016 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2004 | 1,868 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 1,956 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 1,811 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 2,316 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2008 | 2,276 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 2,146 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 2,484 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 2,494 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,493 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,646 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 2,589 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,637 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 2,686 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 2,938 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 3,023 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 2,998 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 3,161 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 3,303 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 3,395 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 3,326 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 3,545 kg/ha | +6.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 3,545 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- India's 3,545 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 3,607 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,001 kg/ha | 956.7 kg/ha | 1,123 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,056 kg/ha | 899.9 kg/ha | 1,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,276 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 1,632 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,611 kg/ha | 1,376 kg/ha | 1,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,987 kg/ha | 1,688 kg/ha | 2,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,699 kg/ha | 2,484 kg/ha | 3,023 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,346 kg/ha | 3,161 kg/ha | 3,545 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in India?
- Maize (corn) — yield in India was 3,545 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 3,545 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 899.9 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does India rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- India ranks 85th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.