Maize (corn) — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield was 4,560 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 4,560 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 20.5% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 5,733 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 787.8 kg/ha, in 1992.
Southern Africa ranks 21st of 33 groups on this measure, 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 | 1,280 kg/ha | 959.7 kg/ha | 2,056 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,771 kg/ha | 1,040 kg/ha | 2,262 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,871 kg/ha | 932.8 kg/ha | 3,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,062 kg/ha | 787.8 kg/ha | 2,713 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,096 kg/ha | 2,318 kg/ha | 4,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,229 kg/ha | 3,326 kg/ha | 5,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,264 kg/ha | 4,560 kg/ha | 5,733 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 53,939 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Southern Africa?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Southern Africa was 4,560 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,733 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 787.8 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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.