Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Maize (corn) — Yield was 9,420 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 9,420 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Western Europe peaked at 10,305 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2,256 kg/ha, in 1962.
Western Europe ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,603 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,256 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1963 | 4,046 kg/ha | +79.4% |
| 1964 | 2,484 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 1965 | 3,956 kg/ha | +59.3% |
| 1966 | 4,515 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1967 | 4,179 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1968 | 5,256 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1969 | 4,936 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 5,084 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 5,423 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 4,431 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1973 | 5,681 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1974 | 4,667 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1975 | 4,440 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 4,272 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 5,431 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1978 | 5,407 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 5,456 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 5,474 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 6,031 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1982 | 6,514 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 6,278 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 6,138 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 6,747 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 6,422 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 7,164 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 7,439 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 7,024 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 6,360 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 7,342 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1992 | 7,785 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 8,129 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 7,707 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 7,732 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 8,315 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 9,042 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 8,528 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 9,006 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 9,210 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 8,701 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 9,167 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 7,379 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2004 | 9,127 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2005 | 8,718 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 8,614 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 9,662 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 9,544 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 9,332 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 9,047 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 10,305 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 9,518 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 8,399 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2014 | 10,261 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 8,529 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 8,805 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 10,254 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2018 | 8,764 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 8,785 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,546 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 10,093 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2022 | 7,928 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2023 | 9,750 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2024 | 9,420 kg/ha | -3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield in Western Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +79.4% | 2,256 kg/ha | 4,046 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,803 kg/ha | 2,256 kg/ha | 5,256 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,029 kg/ha | 4,272 kg/ha | 5,681 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,523 kg/ha | 5,474 kg/ha | 7,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,995 kg/ha | 6,360 kg/ha | 9,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,946 kg/ha | 7,379 kg/ha | 9,662 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,267 kg/ha | 8,399 kg/ha | 10,305 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,147 kg/ha | 7,928 kg/ha | 10,093 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 Türkiye 10,261 kg/ha compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 22,474 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
- 5 Israel 15,692 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 5,107 kg/ha compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,974 kg/ha compare
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Western Europe?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Western Europe was 9,420 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 10,305 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,256 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Western Europe rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.