Afghanistan vs Costa Rica: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Afghanistan
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 1,926 kg/ha against 1,898 kg/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 28 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 115th and Costa Rica ranks 118th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,486 kg/ha | 1,218 kg/ha | 267.47 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1,570 kg/ha | 1,441 kg/ha | 128.64 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 1,679 kg/ha | 1,665 kg/ha | 13.07 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 1,623 kg/ha | 1,772 kg/ha | 149.01 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1,984 kg/ha | 1,899 kg/ha | 85.38 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 1,908 kg/ha | 1,979 kg/ha | 71.34 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2,171 kg/ha | 1,829 kg/ha | 342.54 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Afghanistan or Costa Rica?
- Afghanistan, at 1,926 kg/ha against 1,898 kg/ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Afghanistan and Costa Rica?
- 28 kg/ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Costa Rica rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 115th and Costa Rica ranks 118th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Maize (corn) — 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.