Maize (corn) — Yield in Togo
Togo: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,256 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Togo, 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 Togo is 1,256 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Togo peaked at 1,390 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 425.4 kg/ha, in 1965.
Togo ranks 138th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Togo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 492.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 604.7 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1963 | 475.9 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1964 | 440 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 425.4 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 530.9 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1967 | 494.5 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1968 | 577.9 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1969 | 871.2 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1970 | 1,213 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1971 | 1,213 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,112 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 1,118 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 1,177 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 1,234 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 829.1 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1977 | 994.2 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1978 | 1,171 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1979 | 1,164 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 920.8 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 988 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 861.5 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 669.1 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1984 | 929.4 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1985 | 906.1 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 645.4 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1987 | 765.2 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1988 | 1,110 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1989 | 1,073 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 965.3 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 906 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 1,014 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1993 | 1,160 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1994 | 930.6 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1995 | 855.3 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 940.4 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 1,068 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 867.3 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 1,198 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 2000 | 1,202 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,307 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 1,265 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,273 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,092 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2005 | 1,158 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 1,155 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,166 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,192 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 1,256 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 1,194 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 1,245 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 1,191 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 924.4 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2014 | 1,196 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2015 | 1,390 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 1,224 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2017 | 1,231 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,240 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,227 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,226 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,230 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,254 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,254 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,256 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 1,256 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Togo's 1,256 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 545.9 kg/ha | 425.4 kg/ha | 871.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,123 kg/ha | 829.1 kg/ha | 1,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 886.88 kg/ha | 645.4 kg/ha | 1,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 990.43 kg/ha | 855.3 kg/ha | 1,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,207 kg/ha | 1,092 kg/ha | 1,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,206 kg/ha | 924.4 kg/ha | 1,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,244 kg/ha | 1,226 kg/ha | 1,256 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2033 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5561 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Togo?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Togo was 1,256 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,390 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 425.4 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Togo rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Togo ranks 138th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.