Canada vs South America: Green corn (maize) — Yield
Green corn (maize) — Yield over time
- Canada
- South America
How they compare
Canada currently reports 12,367 kg/ha against 9,962 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 2,405 kg/ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 17th and South America ranks 9th of 53 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,581 kg/ha | 4,969 kg/ha | 1,612 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 8,498 kg/ha | 5,326 kg/ha | 3,173 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 9,448 kg/ha | 6,218 kg/ha | 3,230 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 9,877 kg/ha | 7,468 kg/ha | 2,408 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 10,167 kg/ha | 8,650 kg/ha | 1,517 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 10,989 kg/ha | 9,064 kg/ha | 1,925 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 11,864 kg/ha | 9,576 kg/ha | 2,288 kg/ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — yield, Canada or South America?
- Canada, at 12,367 kg/ha against 9,962 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — yield between Canada and South America?
- 2,405 kg/ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and South America rank globally for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Canada ranks 17th and South America ranks 9th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Green corn (maize) — Yield. 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.