Maize (corn) — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Maize (corn) — Yield was 722.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 722.4 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 457.8% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Morocco peaked at 1,220 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 129.5 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Morocco 157th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 317.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 933.3 kg/ha | +194.3% |
| 1963 | 1,044 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 869.6 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 767.4 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1966 | 430.1 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1967 | 670.1 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 1968 | 760 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 934.8 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1970 | 626.7 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1971 | 860.7 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 1972 | 764.4 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1973 | 486.8 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1974 | 869.7 kg/ha | +78.7% |
| 1975 | 753.9 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1976 | 1,141 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 1977 | 434.1 kg/ha | -61.9% |
| 1978 | 989.8 kg/ha | +128.0% |
| 1979 | 750 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1980 | 808.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 248.6 kg/ha | -69.3% |
| 1982 | 617.2 kg/ha | +148.3% |
| 1983 | 594.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 688.1 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 800.1 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1986 | 818 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 651.5 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1988 | 903.1 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 1989 | 993.4 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 1,160 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1991 | 870 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1992 | 475.3 kg/ha | -45.4% |
| 1993 | 206.5 kg/ha | -56.6% |
| 1994 | 626.1 kg/ha | +203.2% |
| 1995 | 130.3 kg/ha | -79.2% |
| 1996 | 927.4 kg/ha | +611.7% |
| 1997 | 1,098 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1998 | 646.8 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 1999 | 412 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2000 | 400 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 210.7 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 2002 | 749.4 kg/ha | +255.7% |
| 2003 | 561.7 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 915.2 kg/ha | +62.9% |
| 2005 | 203.6 kg/ha | -77.8% |
| 2006 | 1,220 kg/ha | +499.1% |
| 2007 | 415.5 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 2008 | 551.5 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2009 | 915.1 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 2010 | 1,213 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2011 | 1,153 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 764.8 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2013 | 663.2 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 708.5 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 754.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 927.5 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2017 | 936.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 799 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 639.7 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2020 | 420.4 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 2021 | 530.6 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2022 | 311.3 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 2023 | 129.5 kg/ha | -58.4% |
| 2024 | 722.4 kg/ha | +457.8% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 722.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 722.4 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +611.7% | 130.3 kg/ha | 927.4 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +499.1% | 203.6 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +457.8% | 129.5 kg/ha | 722.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 747.32 kg/ha | 317.1 kg/ha | 1,044 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 767.67 kg/ha | 434.1 kg/ha | 1,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 712.29 kg/ha | 248.6 kg/ha | 993.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 655.26 kg/ha | 130.3 kg/ha | 1,160 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 614.25 kg/ha | 203.6 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 855.98 kg/ha | 639.7 kg/ha | 1,213 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 422.84 kg/ha | 129.5 kg/ha | 722.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 154 Haiti 769.4 kg/ha compare
- 155 Central African Republic 740.7 kg/ha compare
- 156 Zimbabwe 729.9 kg/ha compare
- 158 Saint Lucia 700 kg/ha compare
- 159 Somalia 690 kg/ha compare
- 160 Mauritania 642.9 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Morocco?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Morocco was 722.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1,220 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 129.5 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Morocco rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Morocco ranks 157th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.