Maize (corn) — Yield in South Sudan
South Sudan: Maize (corn) — Yield was 964.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 964.9 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in South Sudan peaked at 996.8 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 461.5 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places South Sudan 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 461.5 kg/ha | — |
| 2013 | 531.1 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2014 | 964 kg/ha | +81.5% |
| 2015 | 907.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 879.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 885.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 850 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 880.5 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 884.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 844.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 996.8 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2023 | 994.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 964.9 kg/ha | -3.0% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 964.9 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 964.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in South Sudan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +81.5% | 531.1 kg/ha | 964 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 794.84 kg/ha | 461.5 kg/ha | 964 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 937.1 kg/ha | 844.7 kg/ha | 996.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.4% (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.4% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in South Sudan?
- Maize (corn) — yield in South Sudan was 964.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 996.8 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 461.5 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- South Sudan ranks 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.