Maize (corn) — Yield in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Maize (corn) — Yield was 636.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Vanuatu stood at 636.2 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Vanuatu peaked at 636.2 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 463.8 kg/ha, in 1991.
Vanuatu ranks 161st 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 Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 471.4 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 466.7 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 475 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 529.4 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1972 | 526.3 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 520 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 519.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 515.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 507.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 500 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 507.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 510.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 463.8 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 469.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 475.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 480.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 486.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 492.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 497.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 503.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 509.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 514.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 520.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 526.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 531.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 532.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 531 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 535.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 551.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 546.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 558.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 563.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 570.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 571.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 633.3 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 615.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 600.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 601.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 606.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 613.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 619.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 624.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 627.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 628.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 632.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 636.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 636.2 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 636.2 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,033 kg/ha, 13% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 490.34 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 505.57 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 529.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 515.05 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 488.89 kg/ha | 463.8 kg/ha | 510.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 534.89 kg/ha | 514.8 kg/ha | 558.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 599.72 kg/ha | 563.6 kg/ha | 633.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 629.78 kg/ha | 624.5 kg/ha | 636.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 158 Saint Lucia 700 kg/ha compare
- 159 Somalia 690 kg/ha compare
- 160 Mauritania 642.9 kg/ha compare
- 162 Lesotho 632.7 kg/ha compare
- 163 Botswana 600 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Vanuatu?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Vanuatu was 636.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 636.2 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 463.8 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Vanuatu rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Vanuatu ranks 161st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.