Central America vs Portugal: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Central America
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 9,477 kg/ha against 3,364 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 6,113 kg/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 2.8 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Central America ranks 23rd and Portugal ranks 22nd of 33 groups.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,079 kg/ha | 1,219 kg/ha | 140.44 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 1,284 kg/ha | 1,334 kg/ha | 49.56 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1,742 kg/ha | 2,125 kg/ha | 383.7 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 2,164 kg/ha | 4,242 kg/ha | 2,078 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 2,716 kg/ha | 5,770 kg/ha | 3,055 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 3,161 kg/ha | 8,344 kg/ha | 5,183 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 3,481 kg/ha | 9,745 kg/ha | 6,263 kg/ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Central America or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 9,477 kg/ha against 3,364 kg/ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Central America and Portugal?
- 6,113 kg/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Portugal rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Central America ranks 23rd and Portugal ranks 22nd of 33 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.