Maize (corn) — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,995 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Southern Asia stood at 3,995 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 3,995 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,002 kg/ha, in 1971.
Southern Asia ranks 22nd of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,104 kg/ha | 1,069 kg/ha | 1,201 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,143 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,313 kg/ha | 1,121 kg/ha | 1,597 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,663 kg/ha | 1,429 kg/ha | 1,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,192 kg/ha | 1,862 kg/ha | 2,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,039 kg/ha | 2,702 kg/ha | 3,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,850 kg/ha | 3,701 kg/ha | 3,995 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 25.92 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 39.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.07 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.04 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 522,889 ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 459.10 million An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 9,595 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 21.49 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,863 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.55 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Southern Asia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Southern Asia was 3,995 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,995 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,002 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Southern Asia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 22nd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.