Maize (corn) — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Maize (corn) — Yield was 4,024 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Suriname, 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 Suriname is 4,024 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 11.9% on the previous year and up 66.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Suriname peaked at 5,800 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Suriname 82nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 1,864 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 2,544 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,878 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | 2,532 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,602 kg/ha | 1,152 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,010 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,246 kg/ha | 1,842 kg/ha | 2,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,448 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 2,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,060 kg/ha | 2,533 kg/ha | 5,800 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
- Rural population 34.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 218,901 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 299.02 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,586 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Suriname?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Suriname was 4,024 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 5,800 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Suriname rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Suriname ranks 82nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.