New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Maize (corn) — Production
Maize (corn) — Production over time
- New Zealand
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 244,444 t against 223,496 t in Sri Lanka, a difference of 20,948 t.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 86th and Sri Lanka ranks 87th of 168 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,991 t | 11,451 t | 11,539 t | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 138,786 t | 19,661 t | 119,125 t | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 158,978 t | 31,135 t | 127,843 t | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 172,222 t | 31,833 t | 140,389 t | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 200,751 t | 56,250 t | 144,501 t | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 204,918 t | 213,420 t | 8,502 t | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 204,915 t | 297,950 t | 93,035 t | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — production, New Zealand or Sri Lanka?
- New Zealand, at 244,444 t against 223,496 t in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — production between New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
- 20,948 t, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Sri Lanka rank globally for maize (corn) — production?
- New Zealand ranks 86th and Sri Lanka ranks 87th 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.