Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,979 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1,979 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Western Africa peaked at 2,063 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 696.4 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Western Africa 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 794.59 kg/ha | 724.3 kg/ha | 856.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 873.35 kg/ha | 696.4 kg/ha | 996.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,057 kg/ha | 780 kg/ha | 1,348 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,258 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 1,512 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,566 kg/ha | 1,346 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,692 kg/ha | 1,525 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,971 kg/ha | 1,862 kg/ha | 2,063 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Western Africa?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Western Africa was 1,979 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,063 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 696.4 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Western Africa rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.