Maize (corn) — Yield in Israel
Israel: Maize (corn) — Yield was 15,692 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Israel stood at 15,692 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and down 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Israel peaked at 34,098 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,361 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Israel 5th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,959 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,913 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 4,498 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 3,491 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1965 | 3,902 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1966 | 3,361 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1967 | 3,654 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 4,112 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 3,757 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1970 | 5,476 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1971 | 5,067 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 4,976 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 6,061 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1974 | 7,000 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 5,795 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1976 | 5,669 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 5,708 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 5,124 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 4,038 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1980 | 4,893 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1981 | 4,498 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 6,527 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 1983 | 7,204 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 6,627 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 18,100 kg/ha | +173.1% |
| 1986 | 15,494 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 19,229 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1988 | 14,312 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1989 | 14,776 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 13,794 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 13,850 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 13,495 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 12,764 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 10,361 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1995 | 9,170 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 11,614 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1997 | 13,732 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1998 | 14,707 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 14,076 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 12,669 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 12,150 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 12,430 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 12,581 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 15,371 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2005 | 12,888 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2006 | 17,604 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2007 | 18,596 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 18,524 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 25,185 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2010 | 29,236 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 33,816 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 25,556 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2013 | 22,556 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 34,098 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 2015 | 20,695 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 2016 | 22,998 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 25,760 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 22,637 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 23,224 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 19,497 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2021 | 18,659 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 15,534 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 17,409 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 15,692 kg/ha | -9.9% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 15,692 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Israel's 15,692 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +173.1% | 6,627 kg/ha | 18,100 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,850 kg/ha | 3,361 kg/ha | 4,498 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,491 kg/ha | 4,038 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,166 kg/ha | 4,498 kg/ha | 19,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,756 kg/ha | 9,170 kg/ha | 14,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,800 kg/ha | 12,150 kg/ha | 25,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,058 kg/ha | 20,695 kg/ha | 34,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,358 kg/ha | 15,534 kg/ha | 19,497 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,665 kg/ha compare
- 2 Qatar 19,241 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 16,873 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 5,684 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tajikistan 15,840 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 5,107 kg/ha compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,974 kg/ha compare
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 12,449 kg/ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 4,499 kg/ha compare
- 8 Spain 12,115 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,339 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Israel?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Israel was 15,692 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 34,098 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,361 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Israel rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Israel ranks 5th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.