Maize (corn) — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 933 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Namibia stood at 933 kg/ha.
The figure is down 21.2% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Namibia peaked at 2,354 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 527.6 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Namibia 151st out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,176 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,167 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,222 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 1,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,210 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 1,210 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,210 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,210 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 1,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 1,238 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 1,227 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 1,227 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,208 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 1,250 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 1,304 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1,231 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 1,231 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,231 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,214 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 1,250 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 725 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1986 | 1,273 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 1987 | 677.9 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1988 | 1,043 kg/ha | +53.9% |
| 1989 | 1,269 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1990 | 1,487 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1991 | 1,195 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1992 | 595.3 kg/ha | -50.2% |
| 1993 | 776.4 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1994 | 1,155 kg/ha | +48.8% |
| 1995 | 876.8 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1996 | 683.5 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1997 | 1,573 kg/ha | +130.1% |
| 1998 | 660.8 kg/ha | -58.0% |
| 1999 | 527.6 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2000 | 717 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 2001 | 1,325 kg/ha | +84.9% |
| 2002 | 1,324 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,235 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 1,130 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 2,261 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 2,105 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 2,030 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 2,098 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 2,113 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,979 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 1,919 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,885 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,849 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 1,600 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 1,851 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2016 | 1,951 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 2,354 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2018 | 2,354 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,162 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 2,160 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,229 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 1,930 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 1,184 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 2024 | 933 kg/ha | -21.2% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 933 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 933 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +130.1% | 683.5 kg/ha | 1,573 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +100.0% | 1,130 kg/ha | 2,261 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +84.9% | 717 kg/ha | 1,325 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +75.5% | 725 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -58.0% | 1,573 kg/ha | 660.8 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +53.9% | 677.9 kg/ha | 1,043 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,196 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 1,222 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,233 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,114 kg/ha | 677.9 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 953.01 kg/ha | 527.6 kg/ha | 1,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,634 kg/ha | 717 kg/ha | 2,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,990 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 2,354 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,687 kg/ha | 933 kg/ha | 2,229 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Namibia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Namibia was 933 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,354 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 527.6 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Namibia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Namibia ranks 151st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.