Corn yields in Eswatini
Eswatini: Corn yields was 1.07 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in Eswatini, 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
Eswatini recorded 1.07 tonnes per hectare for corn yields in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in Eswatini peaked at 2.21 tonnes per hectare in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.4001 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
Eswatini ranks 148th of 170 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.4805 tonnes per hectare | 0.4001 tonnes per hectare | 0.6731 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 0.6203 tonnes per hectare | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.6768 tonnes per hectare | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 0.552 tonnes per hectare | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 145 Niger 1.22 tonnes per hectare compare
- 146 Benin 1.19 tonnes per hectare compare
- 147 Angola 1.19 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 Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 330.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Rural population 920,507 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 73.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 71,001 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in Eswatini?
- Corn yields in Eswatini was 1.07 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2.21 tonnes per hectare in 1995.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4001 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for corn yields?
- Eswatini ranks 148th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.