Mexico vs South America: Green corn (maize) — Yield
Green corn (maize) — Yield over time
- Mexico
- South America
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 15,192 kg/ha against 9,962 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 5,230 kg/ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.5 times South America's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 12th and South America ranks 14th of 60 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,089 kg/ha | 6,218 kg/ha | 3,870 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 9,817 kg/ha | 7,468 kg/ha | 2,349 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 10,696 kg/ha | 8,650 kg/ha | 2,046 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 13,302 kg/ha | 9,064 kg/ha | 4,238 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 15,192 kg/ha | 9,576 kg/ha | 5,616 kg/ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — yield, Mexico or South America?
- Mexico, at 15,192 kg/ha against 9,962 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — yield between Mexico and South America?
- 5,230 kg/ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and South America rank globally for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Mexico ranks 12th and South America ranks 14th of 60 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.