Benin vs Guinea-Bissau: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Benin
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Benin currently reports 1,190 kg/ha against 1,000 kg/ha in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 190 kg/ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Benin ranks 155th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 158th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 5 and Guinea-Bissau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 556.52 kg/ha | 716.68 kg/ha | 160.16 kg/ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 677.2 kg/ha | 646.32 kg/ha | 30.88 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1980s | 769.39 kg/ha | 824.86 kg/ha | 55.47 kg/ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 1,062 kg/ha | 995.4 kg/ha | 67.08 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2000s | 1,201 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 110.9 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2010s | 1,285 kg/ha | 968.33 kg/ha | 316.9 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 1,165 kg/ha | 1,012 kg/ha | 152.9 kg/ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Benin or Guinea-Bissau?
- Benin, at 1,190 kg/ha against 1,000 kg/ha in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Benin and Guinea-Bissau?
- 190 kg/ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Guinea-Bissau?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Benin ranks 155th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 158th of 178 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.
Individual pages
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.