Corn yields in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Corn yields was 0.6362 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in Vanuatu, 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
Vanuatu recorded 0.6362 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 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in Vanuatu peaked at 0.6362 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4638 tonnes per hectare, in 1991.
That places Vanuatu 167th 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 | 0.4903 tonnes per hectare | 0.4667 tonnes per hectare | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5056 tonnes per hectare | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.5294 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5151 tonnes per hectare | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.52 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4889 tonnes per hectare | 0.4638 tonnes per hectare | 0.5109 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5349 tonnes per hectare | 0.5148 tonnes per hectare | 0.5581 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5997 tonnes per hectare | 0.5636 tonnes per hectare | 0.6333 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6298 tonnes per hectare | 0.6245 tonnes per hectare | 0.6362 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 164 Saint Lucia 0.7 tonnes per hectare compare
- 165 Somalia 0.69 tonnes per hectare compare
- 166 Mauritania 0.6429 tonnes per hectare compare
- 168 Lesotho 0.6327 tonnes per hectare compare
- 169 Botswana 0.6 tonnes per hectare compare
- 170 Cape Verde 0.0403 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 345.61 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.6% (2024)
- Rural population 260,353 (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 77.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Land under cereal production 1,549 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in Vanuatu?
- Corn yields in Vanuatu was 0.6362 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6362 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4638 tonnes per hectare in 1991.
- How does Vanuatu rank for corn yields?
- Vanuatu ranks 167th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.