Caribbean vs Jamaica: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 1,342 kg/ha against 1,250 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 92 kg/ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 152nd and Jamaica ranks 149th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,053 kg/ha | 930.46 kg/ha | 122.36 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 1,037 kg/ha | 1,534 kg/ha | 497.48 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 1,029 kg/ha | 1,255 kg/ha | 226.25 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 944.27 kg/ha | 1,275 kg/ha | 331.13 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,215 kg/ha | 100.02 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 1,304 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 142.61 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 1,147 kg/ha | 1,175 kg/ha | 28.24 kg/ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Caribbean or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 1,342 kg/ha against 1,250 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Caribbean and Jamaica?
- 92 kg/ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Jamaica rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 152nd and Jamaica ranks 149th 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.