France vs Western Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- France
- Western Africa
How they compare
France currently reports 9,204 kg/ha against 1,979 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 7,225 kg/ha.
That makes France's figure about 4.7 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
France ranks 24th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 178 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,751 kg/ha | 794.59 kg/ha | 2,957 kg/ha | France |
| 1970s | 4,901 kg/ha | 873.35 kg/ha | 4,027 kg/ha | France |
| 1980s | 6,377 kg/ha | 1,057 kg/ha | 5,320 kg/ha | France |
| 1990s | 7,971 kg/ha | 1,258 kg/ha | 6,712 kg/ha | France |
| 2000s | 8,710 kg/ha | 1,566 kg/ha | 7,144 kg/ha | France |
| 2010s | 9,007 kg/ha | 1,692 kg/ha | 7,314 kg/ha | France |
| 2020s | 8,857 kg/ha | 1,971 kg/ha | 6,885 kg/ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, France or Western Africa?
- France, at 9,204 kg/ha against 1,979 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between France and Western Africa?
- 7,225 kg/ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Western Africa rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- France ranks 24th and Western Africa ranks 27th 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.