Maize (corn) — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield was 4,874 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 4,874 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 23.3% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in South Africa peaked at 6,353 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 785.3 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places South Africa 19th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,316 kg/ha | 972.3 kg/ha | 2,136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,814 kg/ha | 1,057 kg/ha | 2,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,922 kg/ha | 940 kg/ha | 3,314 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,137 kg/ha | 785.3 kg/ha | 2,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,317 kg/ha | 2,437 kg/ha | 4,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,567 kg/ha | 3,487 kg/ha | 5,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,699 kg/ha | 4,874 kg/ha | 6,353 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in South Africa?
- Maize (corn) — yield in South Africa was 4,874 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,353 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 785.3 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does South Africa rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- South Africa ranks 19th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South 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.