Corn yields in Namibia
Namibia: Corn yields was 0.933 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in Namibia, 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
In 2024, corn yields in Namibia stood at 0.933 tonnes per hectare.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.2% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in Namibia peaked at 2.35 tonnes per hectare in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5276 tonnes per hectare, in 1999.
Namibia ranks 156th 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 | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.6779 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.953 tonnes per hectare | 0.5276 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | 0.717 tonnes per hectare | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.99 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 0.933 tonnes per hectare | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 339,089 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in Namibia?
- Corn yields in Namibia was 0.933 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.35 tonnes per hectare in 2017.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5276 tonnes per hectare in 1999.
- How does Namibia rank for corn yields?
- Namibia ranks 156th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.