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Maize yield (kg per hectare) by country

Maize yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.

Countries reporting
49
Highest
7,741 kg per hectare
Egypt
Lowest
177.8 kg per hectare
Cape Verde
Median
1,330 kg per hectare
Years covered
51
1961–2011
Data points
2,720

What the numbers show

Maize yield (kg per hectare) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 7,741 kg per hectare in Egypt; the lowest is 177.8 kg per hectare in Cape Verde.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,330 kg per hectare, and the mean is 1,752 kg per hectare.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 44.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 458.4%), and the largest decrease in Cape Verde (down 72.1%).

Maize yield: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 7,741 kg per hectare 2011 up 10.9% rising
2 Mauritius 7,442 kg per hectare 2011 up 3.3% volatile
3 South Africa 4,367 kg per hectare 2011 up 79.2% rising
4 Algeria 3,472 kg per hectare 2011 up 27.8% volatile
5 Sao Tome and Principe 3,000 kg per hectare 2011 up 38.0% rising
6 Comoros 2,615 kg per hectare 2011 up 10.6% rising
7 Ethiopia 2,493 kg per hectare 2011 up 43.1% rising
8 Zambia 2,410 kg per hectare 2011 up 74.9% rising
9 Uganda 2,400 kg per hectare 2011 up 33.3% rising
10 Malawi 2,208 kg per hectare 2011 up 86.4% rising
11 Rwanda 2,053 kg per hectare 2011 up 167.7% rising
12 Cameroon 2,047 kg per hectare 2011 down 16.1% rising
13 Namibia 2,000 kg per hectare 2011 up 50.9% rising
13 Djibouti 2,000 kg per hectare 2011 up 16.7% falling
15 Libya 1,958 kg per hectare 2011 down 2.1% rising
16 Cote d'Ivoire 1,897 kg per hectare 2011 down 9.6% volatile
17 Central African Republic 1,680 kg per hectare 2011 up 57.0% rising
18 Gabon 1,673 kg per hectare 2011 up 9.8% rising
19 Ghana 1,646 kg per hectare 2011 up 25.2% rising
20 Kenya 1,584 kg per hectare 2011 down 6.9% rising
21 Burkina Faso 1,536 kg per hectare 2011 down 15.2% rising
22 Nigeria 1,528 kg per hectare 2011 up 9.1% rising
23 Madagascar 1,521 kg per hectare 2011 up 63.7% rising
24 Mali 1,404 kg per hectare 2011 up 21.2% rising
25 Benin 1,330 kg per hectare 2011 up 20.8% rising
26 Sudan 1,323 kg per hectare 2010 up 79.2% rising
27 Tanzania 1,320 kg per hectare 2011 down 57.9% rising
28 Mozambique 1,293 kg per hectare 2011 up 34.9% rising
29 Togo 1,245 kg per hectare 2011 down 4.7% rising
30 Guinea 1,216 kg per hectare 2011 down 15.7% rising
31 Morocco 1,176 kg per hectare 2011 up 458.4% flat
32 Eswatini 1,156 kg per hectare 2011 down 19.0% rising
33 Senegal 1,133 kg per hectare 2011 down 7.7% rising
34 Sierra Leone 1,066 kg per hectare 2011 up 3.4% rising
35 Burundi 994.9 kg per hectare 2011 down 8.0% rising
36 Chad 975 kg per hectare 2011 up 85.1% falling
37 Eritrea 974.5 kg per hectare 2011 up 24.1% volatile
38 Zimbabwe 947.5 kg per hectare 2011 down 21.0% falling
39 Gambia 934.9 kg per hectare 2011 down 44.5% rising
40 Congo 909.1 kg per hectare 2011 up 13.2% rising
41 Democratic Republic of Congo 793.7 kg per hectare 2011 down 0.7% rising
42 Niger 766.2 kg per hectare 2011 up 7.0% rising
43 Angola 737.6 kg per hectare 2011 up 20.4% falling
44 Mauritania 661.1 kg per hectare 2011 down 34.0% rising
45 Somalia 646 kg per hectare 2011 down 54.7% falling
46 Lesotho 634.4 kg per hectare 2011 down 28.8% falling
47 Guinea-Bissau 577.8 kg per hectare 2011 down 40.4% rising
48 Botswana 195.8 kg per hectare 2011 down 1.7% volatile
49 Cape Verde 177.8 kg per hectare 2011 down 72.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Maize yield (kg per hectare)
Unit
kg per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 2,720 data points, 1961–2011
Last refreshed

Maize yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.