Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Maize (corn) — Production
Maize (corn) — Production over time
- Costa Rica
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 12,926 t against 8,042 t in Costa Rica, a difference of 4,884 t.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.6 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Papua New Guinea ranks 128th of 168 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,655 t | 101.67 t | 69,553 t | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 72,258 t | 371.1 t | 71,887 t | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 98,419 t | 1,280 t | 97,140 t | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 37,012 t | 4,651 t | 32,361 t | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 15,249 t | 7,840 t | 7,409 t | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 13,469 t | 12,194 t | 1,275 t | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 8,455 t | 12,915 t | 4,460 t | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — production, Costa Rica or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 12,926 t against 8,042 t in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — production between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 4,884 t, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for maize (corn) — production?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Papua New Guinea ranks 128th of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Maize (corn) — 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.