Papua New Guinea vs South Africa: Green corn (maize) — Production
Green corn (maize) — Production over time
- Papua New Guinea
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 418,357 t against 251,429 t in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 166,928 t.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.7 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 12th and South Africa ranks 9th of 54 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,442 t | 161,778 t | 87,336 t | South Africa |
| 1970s | 102,000 t | 191,800 t | 89,800 t | South Africa |
| 1980s | 151,600 t | 239,698 t | 88,098 t | South Africa |
| 1990s | 196,840 t | 277,909 t | 81,069 t | South Africa |
| 2000s | 222,500 t | 315,366 t | 92,866 t | South Africa |
| 2010s | 236,588 t | 368,480 t | 131,891 t | South Africa |
| 2020s | 248,925 t | 418,441 t | 169,516 t | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — production, Papua New Guinea or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 418,357 t against 251,429 t in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — production between Papua New Guinea and South Africa?
- 166,928 t, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and South Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — production?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 12th and South Africa ranks 9th of 54 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Green corn (maize) — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.