Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 8,806 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Western Asia stood at 8,806 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Western Asia peaked at 8,806 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,140 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Western Asia 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,371 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,850 kg/ha | 1,490 kg/ha | 2,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,881 kg/ha | 1,945 kg/ha | 3,777 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,588 kg/ha | 3,302 kg/ha | 3,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,476 kg/ha | 3,322 kg/ha | 5,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,988 kg/ha | 5,563 kg/ha | 8,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,247 kg/ha | 7,758 kg/ha | 8,806 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 1 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg/ha compare
- 2 Qatar 19,241 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 16,873 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tajikistan 15,840 kg/ha compare
- 5 Israel 15,692 kg/ha compare
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 12,449 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 35.84 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 13,182 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Western Asia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Western Asia was 8,806 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,806 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,140 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.