Germany vs South America: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Germany
- South America
How they compare
Germany currently reports 10,053 kg/ha against 5,593 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 4,460 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.8 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 17th and South America ranks 17th of 178 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,885 kg/ha | 1,414 kg/ha | 2,471 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 5,253 kg/ha | 1,676 kg/ha | 3,577 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 6,494 kg/ha | 2,055 kg/ha | 4,438 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 7,675 kg/ha | 2,677 kg/ha | 4,998 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 9,016 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 5,266 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 9,549 kg/ha | 5,258 kg/ha | 4,291 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 9,610 kg/ha | 5,598 kg/ha | 4,012 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Germany or South America?
- Germany, at 10,053 kg/ha against 5,593 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Germany and South America?
- 4,460 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and South America rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Germany ranks 17th and South America ranks 17th 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.