Table A.4.3 Maize: area, yield and production (countries with more than 10000ha maize)
Area (harvested) '000 ha | Yield (kg/ha) | Production ('000 tonnes) | |||||||
1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | 1969/71 | 1979/81 | 1989/91 | |
World | 114854 | 126287 | 128917 | 2468 | 3342 | 3735 | 283451 | 422079 | 481568 |
All developing countries | 70131 | 75896 | 83332 | 1464 | 1978 | 2448 | 102660 | 150158 | 204032 |
93
Developing countries |
70020 | 75755 | 83146 | 1464 | 1979 | 2449 | 102491 | 149913 | 203595 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 12070 | 12155 | 16458 | 981 | 1135 | 1199 | 11843 | 13793 | 19731 |
Angola | 540 | 600 | 756 | 864 | 506 | 301 | 467 | 303 | 228 |
Benin | 360 | 407 | 467 | 561 | 709 | 903 | 202 | 289 | 422 |
Botswana | 34 | 42 | 33 | 310 | 279 | 320 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Burkina Faso | 92 | 123 | 208 | 659 | 875 | 1330 | 60 | 108 | 277 |
Burundi | 112 | 127 | 124 | 1071 | 1 109 | 1368 | 120 | 141 | 170 |
Cameroon | 460 | 495 | 221 | 911 | 844 | 1835 | 419 | 418 | 405 |
Central African Rep. | 62 | 108 | 68 | 711 | 373 | 860 | 44 | 40 | 59 |
Chad | 6 | 32 | 32 | 1952 | 842 | 1000 | 12 | 27 | 32 |
Congo | 7 | 16 | 28 | 597 | 758 | 893 | 4 | 12 | 25 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 333 | 514 | 683 | 773 | 684 | 728 | 257 | 352 | 497 |
Ethiopia | 850 | 753 | 1037 | 1071 | 1626 | 1708 | 910 | 1224 | 1771 |
Gabon | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1473 | 1672 | 1543 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
Gambia | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1063 | 1477 | 1238 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
Ghana | 387 | 390 | 547 | 1078 | 974 | 1339 | 417 | 380 | 733 |
Guinea | 59 | 87 | 91 | 1 153 | 1000 | 831 | 68 | 87 | 76 |
Kenya | 1233 | 1273 | 1447 | 1241 | 1346 | 1673 | 1530 | 1714 | 2420 |
Lesotho | 143 | 116 | 107 | 651 | 967 | 1 296 | 93 | 112 | 139 |
Madagascar | 121 | 124 | 152 | 1004 | 982 | 1013 | 122 | 122 | 154 |
Malawi | 1039 | 1077 | 1332 | 1025 | 1184 | 1112 | 1066 | 1275 | 1481 |
Mali | 78 | 52 | 172 | 865 | 1 171 | 1 319 | 67 | 61 | 226 |
Mozambique | 363 | 674 | 1 008 | 1 003 | 569 | 367 | 364 | 383 | 370 |
Namibia | 93 | 100 | 120 | 400 | 487 | 501 | 37 | 49 | 60 |
Niger | 3 | 15 | 5 | 607 | 703 | 688 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Nigeria | 1 346 | 443 | 1 550 | 983 | 1 353 | 1 261 | 1 323 | 599 | 1 955 |
Rwanda | 50 | 73 | 73 | 1 085 | 1 159 | 1 364 | 54 | 84 | 100 |
Senegal | 52 | 75 | 100 | 814 | 885 | 1 223 | 42 | 66 | 122 |
Sierra Leone | 11 | 13 | 11 | 981 | 977 | 1 054 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
Somalia | 124 | 151 | 213 | 895 | 794 | 1 116 | 111 | 120 | 238 |
Sudan | 39 | 67 | 73 | 779 | 584 | 608 | 31 | 39 | 44 |
Swaziland | 89 | 66 | 90 | 846 | 1 291 | 1 358 | 75 | 85 | 122 |
Tanzania | 1 005 | 1 350 | 1 820 | 612 | 1 305 | 1 447 | 615 | 1 762 | 2 634 |
Togo | 144 | 147 | 273 | 1 109 | 1 020 | 982 | 160 | 150 | 268 |
Uganda | 310 | 263 | 417 | 1 349 | 1 368 | 1 393 | 418 | 360 | 581 |
Zaire | 595 | 745 | 1 211 | 716 | 811 | 722 | 426 | 604 | 874 |
Zambia | 992 | 523 | 808 | 792 | 1 799 | 1 665 | 786 | 941 | 1 345 |
Zimbabwe | 923 | 1 097 | 1 150 | 1 629 | 1 667 | 1 598 | 1 504 | 1 829 | 1 837 |
Near East/North Africa | 2284 | 2350 | 2237 | 2012 | 2392 | 3718 | 4597 | 5623 | 8316 |
Afghanistan | 470 | 447 | 264 | 1 506 | 1 649 | 1 713 | 707 | 738 | 453 |
Egypt | 634 | 800 | 847 | 3741 | 3949 | 5687 | 2370 | 3 159 | 4817 |
Iran | 25 | 35 | 37 | 1 400 | 1 499 | 3 412 | 35 | 52 | 126 |
Iraq | 6 | 22 | 75 | 1 508 | 2431 | 2561 | 9 | 53 | 191 |
Morocco | 474 | 396 | 389 | 801 | 618 | 1 006 | 380 | 245 | 391 |
Syria | 6 | 21 | 59 | 1407 | 2083 | 2906 | 8 | 43 | 171 |
Turkey | 646 | 583 | 512 | 1 639 | 2 168 | 4087 | 1 058 | 1 263 | 2093 |
Yemen | 8 | 38 | 47 | 2200 | 1 673 | 1 271 | 17 | 64 | 60 |