Maize (corn) — Yield in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,198 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Kazakhstan stood at 6,198 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Kazakhstan peaked at 6,246 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,680 kg/ha, in 1996.
Kazakhstan ranks 48th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3,121 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 3,268 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 2,239 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1995 | 1,932 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1996 | 1,680 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1997 | 1,814 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 2,678 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 1999 | 3,017 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 3,335 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 3,712 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 4,137 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 4,324 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 4,458 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 4,155 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 4,632 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 4,564 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 4,404 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 4,750 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 4,833 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 4,986 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 5,188 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 5,278 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 5,282 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,330 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 5,642 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 5,741 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 5,745 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,733 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 5,885 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 5,986 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 5,801 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 6,246 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 6,198 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 6,198 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 6,198 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,224 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Kazakhstan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +47.7% | 1,814 kg/ha | 2,678 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -31.5% | 3,268 kg/ha | 2,239 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,468 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 3,268 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 4,247 kg/ha | 3,335 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,376 kg/ha | 4,833 kg/ha | 5,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,023 kg/ha | 5,801 kg/ha | 6,246 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0374 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 550.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Kazakhstan?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Kazakhstan was 6,198 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,246 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,680 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Kazakhstan ranks 48th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.