Eastern Africa vs Egypt: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 7,585 kg/ha against 1,903 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 5,682 kg/ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 4.0 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 29th and Egypt ranks 32nd of 33 groups.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,011 kg/ha | 3,196 kg/ha | 2,185 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 1,225 kg/ha | 3,712 kg/ha | 2,487 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 1,350 kg/ha | 4,566 kg/ha | 3,216 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 1,329 kg/ha | 6,478 kg/ha | 5,149 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 1,404 kg/ha | 7,846 kg/ha | 6,442 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 1,813 kg/ha | 7,348 kg/ha | 5,535 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 1,969 kg/ha | 7,664 kg/ha | 5,696 kg/ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Eastern Africa or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 7,585 kg/ha against 1,903 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Eastern Africa and Egypt?
- 5,682 kg/ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Egypt rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 29th and Egypt ranks 32nd 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.