Canada vs Switzerland: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Canada
- Switzerland
How they compare
Canada currently reports 10,588 kg/ha against 9,979 kg/ha in Switzerland, a difference of 609 kg/ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Canada ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 18th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,893 kg/ha | 5,010 kg/ha | 117.01 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 5,248 kg/ha | 6,229 kg/ha | 981.4 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 5,978 kg/ha | 7,800 kg/ha | 1,822 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 7,008 kg/ha | 8,674 kg/ha | 1,666 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 7,900 kg/ha | 9,011 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 9,568 kg/ha | 10,217 kg/ha | 648.96 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 10,087 kg/ha | 9,473 kg/ha | 614.72 kg/ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Canada or Switzerland?
- Canada, at 10,588 kg/ha against 9,979 kg/ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Canada and Switzerland?
- 609 kg/ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Switzerland rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Canada ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 18th 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.