Maize (corn) — Yield in Italy
Italy: Maize (corn) — Yield was 9,974 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 9,974 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Italy peaked at 11,268 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,913 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Italy 19th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,601 kg/ha | 2,913 kg/ha | 4,524 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,762 kg/ha | 4,634 kg/ha | 6,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,188 kg/ha | 6,751 kg/ha | 7,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,744 kg/ha | 7,262 kg/ha | 9,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,110 kg/ha | 7,481 kg/ha | 9,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,624 kg/ha | 8,032 kg/ha | 10,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,127 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 11,268 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Italy?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Italy was 9,974 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 11,268 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,913 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Italy ranks 19th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.