Maize (corn) yield in South Korea

Maize (corn) yield in South Korea was 5.71 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.6% from 2023. That is the 55th highest of 162 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes per hectare5.71 Estimated

Change on 2023+0.6%

Rank55th of 162Countries ranked

Series high5.892021

Series low0.651963

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Maize (corn) yield in South Korea, 1961 to 2024

tonnes per hectare. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), yield, kg/ha (item 56, element 5412). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes per hectare
2024	5.71 Estimated
2023	5.68 Estimated
2022	5.89
2021	5.89
2020	5.87
2019	5.14
2018	5.04
2017	4.82
2016	4.85
2015	5.1
2014	5.18
2013	5.06
2012	4.89
2011	4.65
2010	4.79
2009	5.02
2008	5.05
2007	4.92
2006	4.73
2005	4.84
2004	4.26
2003	4.14
2002	4.22
2001	4.03
2000	4.06
1999	3.94
1998	3.98
1997	4.11
1996	4.03
1995	4.25
1994	4.09
1993	4.18
1992	4.4
1991	3.41
1990	4.61
1989	4.88
1988	4.8
1987	4.85
1986	4.79
1985	5.04
1984	4.44
1983	3.69
1982	4.12
1981	4.38
1980	4.36
1979	4.59
1978	3.25
1977	2.74
1976	2.32
1975	1.72
1974	1.73
1973	1.49
1972	1.81
1971	1.61
1970	1.35
1969	1.41
1968	1.42
1967	0.68
1966	0.94
1965	0.81
1964	0.81
1963	0.65
1962	0.68
1961	0.68

South Korea compared with nearby places

Under 1.3
1.3 to 2.2
2.2 to 3.9
3.9 to 5.9
5.9 to 8.2
8.2 and over
No data

Maize (corn) yield, 2024, tonnes per hectare. South Korea is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Countries by maize (corn) yield 170 places
EU countries by maize (corn) yield 21 places

Definition

Harvested production of maize (corn) for grain per hectare of area harvested, in tonnes per hectare. FAOSTAT publishes it in kilograms per hectare; Invokely divides by 1,000.

Area harvested, not area sown, so crop failures lower the area as well as the output. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), yield, kg/ha (item 56, element 5412). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), yield, kg/ha (item 56, element 5412) (Maize (corn) yield, South Korea, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), yield, kg/ha (item 56, element 5412), Maize (corn) yield, South Korea, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-yield/south-korea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), yield, kg/ha (item 56, element 5412), Maize (corn) yield, South Korea, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/maize-yield/south-korea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), yield, kg/ha (item 56, element 5412): Maize (corn) yield, South Korea, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-yield/south-korea. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), yield, kg/ha (item 56, element 5412). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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5.89 tonnes per hectare in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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