Canada vs Eastern Asia: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Canada
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Canada currently reports 10,588 kg/ha against 6,557 kg/ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 4,031 kg/ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times Eastern Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 15th and Eastern Asia ranks 13th of 178 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,893 kg/ha | 1,594 kg/ha | 3,299 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 5,248 kg/ha | 2,453 kg/ha | 2,795 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 5,978 kg/ha | 3,642 kg/ha | 2,335 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 7,008 kg/ha | 4,786 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 7,900 kg/ha | 5,035 kg/ha | 2,865 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 9,568 kg/ha | 5,903 kg/ha | 3,665 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 10,087 kg/ha | 6,400 kg/ha | 3,688 kg/ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Canada or Eastern Asia?
- Canada, at 10,588 kg/ha against 6,557 kg/ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Canada and Eastern Asia?
- 4,031 kg/ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Eastern Asia rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Canada ranks 15th and Eastern Asia ranks 13th 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.
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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.