Maize (corn) — Yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,278 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 2,278 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 2,370 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,050 kg/ha, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 25th of 33 groups on this measure, 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 | 1,105 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 1,151 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,243 kg/ha | 1,136 kg/ha | 1,359 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,383 kg/ha | 1,322 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,540 kg/ha | 1,349 kg/ha | 1,748 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,812 kg/ha | 1,620 kg/ha | 1,986 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,133 kg/ha | 2,009 kg/ha | 2,218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,317 kg/ha | 2,278 kg/ha | 2,370 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
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- Bananas — Area harvested 2.33 million ha (2024)
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All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2,278 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,370 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,050 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 25th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.