Corn yields in Angola
Angola: Corn yields was 1.19 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Angola recorded 1.19 tonnes per hectare for corn yields in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in Angola peaked at 1.19 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2358 tonnes per hectare, in 1989.
That places Angola 147th out of 170 countries 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 | 0.8255 tonnes per hectare | 0.76 tonnes per hectare | 0.9375 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.709 tonnes per hectare | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.912 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.398 tonnes per hectare | 0.2358 tonnes per hectare | 0.6 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4584 tonnes per hectare | 0.2463 tonnes per hectare | 0.7396 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6224 tonnes per hectare | 0.4687 tonnes per hectare | 0.7946 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.933 tonnes per hectare | 0.72 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 144 Burundi 1.23 tonnes per hectare compare
- 145 Niger 1.22 tonnes per hectare compare
- 146 Benin 1.19 tonnes per hectare compare
- 148 Eswatini 1.07 tonnes per hectare compare
- 149 Congo 1 tonnes per hectare compare
- 149 Eritrea 1 tonnes per hectare compare
- 149 French Guiana 1 tonnes per hectare compare
- 149 Guinea-Bissau 1 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.2% (2025)
- Rural population 11.14 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 28.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.14 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in Angola?
- Corn yields in Angola was 1.19 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn yields recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2358 tonnes per hectare in 1989.
- How does Angola rank for corn yields?
- Angola ranks 147th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.