Maize (corn) — Yield in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,493 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Small island developing States (SIDS), 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 Small island developing States (SIDS) is 1,493 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 14.0% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 1,677 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 920 kg/ha, in 1978.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,014 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,028 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 1,032 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 1,029 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 1,004 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 996.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 1,014 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 985.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 1,044 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 1,044 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,086 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 1,052 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 973 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 1,096 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1975 | 1,074 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 1,139 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 1,051 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 920 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 950 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 1,043 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 1,082 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 1,089 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 1,054 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 1,128 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 1,021 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 987.2 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 981.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 1,016 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 954.2 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 971.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 988.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 941.4 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 981 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 990 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 1,030 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1,081 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 1,065 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 1,059 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,234 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 1,260 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 1,254 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,365 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 1,411 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 1,449 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 1,402 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,344 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 1,296 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 1,318 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,168 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 1,174 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,294 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 1,435 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 1,436 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,324 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2015 | 1,438 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 1,446 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,484 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 1,223 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2019 | 1,677 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2020 | 1,309 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2021 | 1,275 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,349 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 1,310 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 1,493 kg/ha | +14.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Small island developing States (SIDS) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +37.1% | 1,223 kg/ha | 1,677 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,016 kg/ha | 985.1 kg/ha | 1,044 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,039 kg/ha | 920 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,036 kg/ha | 954.2 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,034 kg/ha | 941.4 kg/ha | 1,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,327 kg/ha | 1,168 kg/ha | 1,449 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,393 kg/ha | 1,174 kg/ha | 1,677 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,347 kg/ha | 1,275 kg/ha | 1,493 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 12 New Zealand 11,301 kg/ha compare
- 13 Azerbaijan 10,814 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,756 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 10,806 kg/ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 1,622 kg/ha compare
- 15 Canada 10,588 kg/ha compare
- 16 Germany 10,053 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,449 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 1,449 kg/ha compare
- 17 Switzerland 9,979 kg/ha compare
- 18 Italy 9,974 kg/ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 5.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 14.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 7.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 13.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 1,493 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,677 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 920 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 15th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.