Maize (corn) — Yield in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Maize (corn) — Yield was 22,474 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in United Arab Emirates, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in United Arab Emirates stood at 22,474 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and up 57.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in United Arab Emirates peaked at 36,762 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 12,112 kg/ha, in 2012.
United Arab Emirates ranks 1st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 20,182 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 20,379 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 20,116 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 19,858 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 19,024 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 19,048 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 18,636 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 18,667 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 20,482 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 20,757 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 21,034 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 21,316 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 21,636 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 21,958 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 22,239 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 22,523 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 22,806 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 26,827 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2008 | 26,830 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 26,825 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 18,558 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 2011 | 24,064 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2012 | 12,112 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 2013 | 36,762 kg/ha | +203.5% |
| 2014 | 14,238 kg/ha | -61.3% |
| 2015 | 35,291 kg/ha | +147.9% |
| 2016 | 33,396 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 30,802 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 20,853 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 2019 | 23,842 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 18,983 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2021 | 19,809 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 20,370 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 20,376 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 22,474 kg/ha | +10.3% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 22,474 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 22,474 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 3.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +203.5% | 12,112 kg/ha | 36,762 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +147.9% | 14,238 kg/ha | 35,291 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -61.3% | 36,762 kg/ha | 14,238 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -49.7% | 24,064 kg/ha | 12,112 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -32.3% | 30,802 kg/ha | 20,853 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -30.8% | 26,825 kg/ha | 18,558 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19,715 kg/ha | 18,636 kg/ha | 20,757 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,399 kg/ha | 21,034 kg/ha | 26,830 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,992 kg/ha | 12,112 kg/ha | 36,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,402 kg/ha | 18,983 kg/ha | 22,474 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 1 Türkiye 10,261 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,665 kg/ha compare
- 2 Qatar 19,241 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 16,873 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 5,684 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tajikistan 15,840 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in United Arab Emirates?
- Maize (corn) — yield in United Arab Emirates was 22,474 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 36,762 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,112 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 1st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.