Peru vs Western Africa: Green corn (maize) — Yield
Green corn (maize) — Yield over time
- Peru
- Western Africa
How they compare
Peru currently reports 10,331 kg/ha against 3,082 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 7,249 kg/ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 3.4 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.
Peru ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 25th of 60 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,166 kg/ha | 2,195 kg/ha | 2,972 kg/ha | Peru |
| 1970s | 5,630 kg/ha | 2,484 kg/ha | 3,146 kg/ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 6,899 kg/ha | 2,802 kg/ha | 4,097 kg/ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 7,558 kg/ha | 3,052 kg/ha | 4,506 kg/ha | Peru |
| 2000s | 8,409 kg/ha | 3,088 kg/ha | 5,321 kg/ha | Peru |
| 2010s | 8,958 kg/ha | 3,076 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 9,804 kg/ha | 3,072 kg/ha | 6,732 kg/ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — yield, Peru or Western Africa?
- Peru, at 10,331 kg/ha against 3,082 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — yield between Peru and Western Africa?
- 7,249 kg/ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Western Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Peru ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 25th 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.