Maize (corn) — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,704 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Mexico stood at 3,704 kg/ha.
The figure is down 13.5% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Mexico peaked at 4,280 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 986.7 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Mexico 81st 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 993.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 994.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 986.7 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 1,133 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 1,158 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 1,119 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 1,130 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 1,181 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 1,184 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 1,194 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 1,272 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 1,265 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 1,132 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 1,168 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 1,262 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 1,182 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 1,357 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 1,520 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 1,515 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 1,826 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1981 | 1,824 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 1,798 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 1,777 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 1,855 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 1,858 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1,841 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,706 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 1,629 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 1,693 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 1,994 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1991 | 2,052 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 2,345 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 2,440 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 2,226 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1995 | 2,288 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 2,239 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 2,384 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 2,343 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 2,472 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 2,462 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,578 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 2,710 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 2,752 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,819 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 2,928 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 3,001 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 3,206 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 3,307 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 3,237 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 3,260 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,906 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 3,187 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 3,194 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,296 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 3,478 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 3,718 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 3,789 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,815 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 4,070 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 3,832 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 3,852 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 3,900 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 4,280 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 3,704 kg/ha | -13.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 3,704 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 3,704 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,098 kg/ha | 986.7 kg/ha | 1,184 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,287 kg/ha | 1,132 kg/ha | 1,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,781 kg/ha | 1,629 kg/ha | 1,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,278 kg/ha | 1,994 kg/ha | 2,472 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,462 kg/ha | 3,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,471 kg/ha | 2,906 kg/ha | 4,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,914 kg/ha | 3,704 kg/ha | 4,280 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Mexico?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Mexico was 3,704 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,280 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 986.7 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Mexico rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Mexico ranks 81st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.