Germany vs South Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Germany
- South Africa
How they compare
Germany currently reports 10,053 kg/ha against 4,874 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 5,179 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 2.1 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 19th of 178 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,885 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 2,569 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 5,253 kg/ha | 1,814 kg/ha | 3,439 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 6,494 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha | 4,571 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 7,675 kg/ha | 2,137 kg/ha | 5,538 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 9,016 kg/ha | 3,317 kg/ha | 5,699 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 9,549 kg/ha | 4,567 kg/ha | 4,982 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 9,610 kg/ha | 5,699 kg/ha | 3,911 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Germany or South Africa?
- Germany, at 10,053 kg/ha against 4,874 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Germany and South Africa?
- 5,179 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and South Africa rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Germany ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 19th 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.