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 165th out of 178 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.
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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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (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 165th out of 178 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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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.