Maize (corn) — Yield in Qatar
Qatar: Maize (corn) — Yield was 19,241 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Qatar, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 19,241 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Qatar peaked at 20,979 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11,857 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places Qatar 2nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Qatar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 13,500 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 12,182 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 12,458 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 12,667 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 12,407 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 12,581 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 12,569 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 12,569 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12,435 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 12,464 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 12,518 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 12,530 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 12,463 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 12,530 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 12,630 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 12,478 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 11,857 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 18,143 kg/ha | +53.0% |
| 2008 | 18,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19,286 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 20,756 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 12,556 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 2012 | 12,489 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 12,484 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,529 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 12,496 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 12,501 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,647 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 12,524 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 12,505 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 12,460 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 12,540 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 12,511 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 20,979 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 2024 | 19,241 kg/ha | -8.3% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 19,241 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 19,241 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +67.7% | 12,511 kg/ha | 20,979 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +53.0% | 11,857 kg/ha | 18,143 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -39.5% | 20,756 kg/ha | 12,556 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 12,583 kg/ha | 12,182 kg/ha | 13,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,258 kg/ha | 11,857 kg/ha | 19,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,349 kg/ha | 12,484 kg/ha | 20,756 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,546 kg/ha | 12,460 kg/ha | 20,979 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 1 Türkiye 10,261 kg/ha compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,665 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 16,873 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 5,684 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tajikistan 15,840 kg/ha compare
- 5 Israel 15,692 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 5,107 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Qatar?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Qatar was 19,241 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 20,979 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,857 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Qatar rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Qatar ranks 2nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.