Maize (corn) — Yield in Indonesia
Indonesia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 5,940 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Indonesia, 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 Indonesia is 5,940 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Indonesia peaked at 6,144 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 921.4 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Indonesia 55th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 927.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,021 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1963 | 921.4 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1964 | 1,034 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 943.2 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1966 | 984 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 930.2 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1968 | 983.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 941.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 961.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 992.3 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 1,044 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 1,075 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 1,129 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 1,187 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 1,228 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 1,224 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 1,332 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 1,390 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 1,459 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 1,526 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 1,569 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 1,694 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 1,713 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 1,774 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1,884 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 1,963 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 1,953 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 2,103 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 2,132 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 2,150 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 2,203 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 2,198 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,209 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 2,258 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 2,486 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 2,614 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 2,653 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 2,663 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 2,765 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 2,845 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 3,066 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 3,241 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 3,344 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 3,454 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 3,470 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,660 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 4,078 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2009 | 4,237 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 4,436 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 4,565 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 4,899 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 4,844 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 4,954 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 5,178 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 5,305 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 5,298 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 5,307 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 6,144 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2020 | 5,530 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 5,762 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 5,979 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 5,967 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,940 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 5,940 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 5,940 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,033 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 965.11 kg/ha | 921.4 kg/ha | 1,034 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,156 kg/ha | 961.4 kg/ha | 1,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,764 kg/ha | 1,459 kg/ha | 2,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,357 kg/ha | 2,132 kg/ha | 2,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,416 kg/ha | 2,765 kg/ha | 4,237 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,093 kg/ha | 4,436 kg/ha | 6,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,836 kg/ha | 5,530 kg/ha | 5,979 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 52 Algeria 6,000 kg/ha compare
- 53 Hungary 5,999 kg/ha compare
- 54 Australia 5,950 kg/ha compare
- 56 Russian Federation 5,836 kg/ha compare
- 57 Serbia and Montenegro 5,814 kg/ha compare
- 58 Republic of Korea 5,713 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Indonesia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Indonesia was 5,940 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,144 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 921.4 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Indonesia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Indonesia ranks 55th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.