Maize (corn) — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield was 6,788 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 6,788 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 7,150 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,591 kg/ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 12th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,119 kg/ha | 1,591 kg/ha | 2,544 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,484 kg/ha | 2,299 kg/ha | 2,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,168 kg/ha | 2,775 kg/ha | 3,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,448 kg/ha | 3,809 kg/ha | 5,258 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,964 kg/ha | 5,167 kg/ha | 6,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,356 kg/ha | 4,721 kg/ha | 6,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,890 kg/ha | 6,564 kg/ha | 7,150 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 11,915 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 12 New Zealand 11,301 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 10,814 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 10,806 kg/ha compare
- 15 Canada 10,588 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Bananas — Area harvested 90,508 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 149.18 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 38,726 An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 45,744 An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 296,996 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 44,683 kg/ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 123.39 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 15,893 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 34 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Northern Africa?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Northern Africa was 6,788 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,150 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,591 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.