Americas vs Melanesia: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Americas
- Melanesia
How they compare
Americas currently reports 7,882 kg/ha against 4,499 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 3,383 kg/ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 6th and Melanesia ranks 7th of 29 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,908 kg/ha | 1,327 kg/ha | 1,581 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 3,658 kg/ha | 1,232 kg/ha | 2,427 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 4,366 kg/ha | 1,475 kg/ha | 2,891 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 5,198 kg/ha | 2,195 kg/ha | 3,003 kg/ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 6,456 kg/ha | 3,052 kg/ha | 3,403 kg/ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 7,488 kg/ha | 4,028 kg/ha | 3,460 kg/ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 7,801 kg/ha | 4,425 kg/ha | 3,376 kg/ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Americas or Melanesia?
- Americas, at 7,882 kg/ha against 4,499 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Americas and Melanesia?
- 3,383 kg/ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Melanesia rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Americas ranks 6th and Melanesia ranks 7th of 29 groups.
- 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.