Corn yields by country
Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
171
Highest
22.47 tonnes per hectare
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0.0403 tonnes per hectare
Cape Verde
Median
3.64 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
160
1866–2025
Data points
9,544
What the numbers show
Corn yields is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 22.47 tonnes per hectare in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0.0403 tonnes per hectare in Cape Verde.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.64 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 4.74 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 558.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 182.3%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 60.8%).
Corn yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 22.47 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 19.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 16.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 15.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Israel | 15.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 7 | New Caledonia | 12.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 120.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Spain | 12.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 11.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritius | 11.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 11 | United States | 11.71 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 12 | New Zealand | 11.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 10.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 14 | Chile | 10.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 10.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 10.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Germany | 10.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 9.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 9.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 20 | Austria | 9.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 21 | Greece | 9.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 9.48 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 9.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 9.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 9.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Jordan | 8.89 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands | 8.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 8.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 29 | Czechia | 8.14 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 30 | Reunion | 7.89 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 7.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Bahamas | 7.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Egypt | 7.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 7.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 7.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 37 | Slovakia | 7.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 7.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Albania | 7.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 6.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 6.88 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 42 | Sweden | 6.77 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 43 | Iran | 6.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Ukraine | 6.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 45 | China | 6.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 6.58 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 6.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 6.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Cambodia | 6.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Taiwan | 6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 52 | Algeria | 6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | 6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 5.95 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 55 | Indonesia | 5.94 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Russia | 5.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 57 | South Korea | 5.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 5.68 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 5.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 60 | Brazil | 5.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 5.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Armenia | 5.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 63 | Serbia | 5.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 64 | Vietnam | 5.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Oman | 5.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Iraq | 5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 67 | Laos | 4.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 68 | South Africa | 4.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | 4.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Thailand | 4.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 4.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 72 | Ecuador | 4.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Colombia | 4.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 74 | Venezuela | 4.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 75 | Malaysia | 4.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | — | rising |
| 76 | Maldives | 4.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Paraguay | 4.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Suriname | 4.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 79 | Panama | 4.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 80 | North Korea | 3.93 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 81 | Myanmar | 3.93 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Belize | 3.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 3.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 84 | Bhutan | 3.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 85 | Peru | 3.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 86 | Montenegro | 3.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 87 | India | 3.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 3.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Nepal | 3.49 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 3.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 91 | Fiji | 3.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 92 | Philippines | 3.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 93 | USSR | 3.29 tonnes per hectare | 1991 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 3.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 3.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 98 | Lebanon | 3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 2.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Romania | 2.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 101 | Senegal | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 130.5% | rising |
| 102 | Barbados | 2.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 103 | Ghana | 2.77 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 104 | Japan | 2.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | 2003 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 107 | Bolivia | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 108 | Mali | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 109 | Guatemala | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 110 | Libya | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 111 | Zambia | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 112 | Uganda | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 113 | East Timor | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 114 | Djibouti | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 115 | Nigeria | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 117 | Malawi | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 117 | Guadeloupe | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1977 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.0% | flat |
| 122 | Cuba | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 124 | Honduras | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 125 | Rwanda | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 126 | Cameroon | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 128 | Tanzania | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 182.3% | rising |
| 131 | Dominica | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 133 | Kenya | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 134 | Moldova | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 51.6% | rising |
| 135 | United Kingdom | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 1980 | down 60.8% | falling |
| 136 | Yemen | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 137 | Gabon | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 138 | Micronesia (country) | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 139 | Guinea | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 140 | Nicaragua | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 141 | Guyana | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 142 | Jamaica | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 143 | Chad | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 144 | Togo | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 145 | Burundi | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 146 | Niger | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 147 | Benin | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 148 | Angola | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 149 | Eswatini | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 150 | Congo | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 150 | Eritrea | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | French Guiana | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Grenada | 0.9966 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 155 | Sudan | 0.9704 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 156 | South Sudan | 0.9649 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 157 | Namibia | 0.933 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 158 | Gambia | 0.9324 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 159 | Mozambique | 0.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 160 | Haiti | 0.7694 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.769 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 0.7407 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 0.7299 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 164 | Morocco | 0.7224 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 165 | Saint Lucia | 0.7 tonnes per hectare | 1979 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 166 | Somalia | 0.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 167 | Mauritania | 0.6429 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 0.6362 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 169 | Lesotho | 0.6327 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 170 | Botswana | 0.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 0.0403 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
About this data
Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.