New Zealand vs Nigeria: Green corn (maize) — Yield
Green corn (maize) — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 5,364 kg/ha against 3,972 kg/ha in Nigeria, a difference of 1,392 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.4 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 36th and Nigeria ranks 39th of 53 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,069 kg/ha | 2,201 kg/ha | 11,869 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 13,622 kg/ha | 2,621 kg/ha | 11,001 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 15,316 kg/ha | 3,047 kg/ha | 12,269 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 14,787 kg/ha | 3,291 kg/ha | 11,496 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 13,416 kg/ha | 3,560 kg/ha | 9,856 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 7,623 kg/ha | 3,792 kg/ha | 3,831 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 5,812 kg/ha | 3,939 kg/ha | 1,872 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — yield, New Zealand or Nigeria?
- New Zealand, at 5,364 kg/ha against 3,972 kg/ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — yield between New Zealand and Nigeria?
- 1,392 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Nigeria rank globally for green corn (maize) — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 36th and Nigeria ranks 39th 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.