Table A.4.3 Maize: area, yield and production (countries with more than 10000 ha maize)

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  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

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