Greece vs South Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Greece
- South Africa
How they compare
Greece currently reports 9,674 kg/ha against 4,874 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 4,800 kg/ha.
That makes Greece's figure about 2.0 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Greece ranks 21st and South Africa ranks 19th of 178 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,860 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 544.07 kg/ha | Greece |
| 1970s | 3,953 kg/ha | 1,814 kg/ha | 2,139 kg/ha | Greece |
| 1980s | 8,931 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha | 7,009 kg/ha | Greece |
| 1990s | 9,818 kg/ha | 2,137 kg/ha | 7,681 kg/ha | Greece |
| 2000s | 10,186 kg/ha | 3,317 kg/ha | 6,870 kg/ha | Greece |
| 2010s | 10,923 kg/ha | 4,567 kg/ha | 6,356 kg/ha | Greece |
| 2020s | 10,487 kg/ha | 5,699 kg/ha | 4,788 kg/ha | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Greece or South Africa?
- Greece, at 9,674 kg/ha against 4,874 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Greece and South Africa?
- 4,800 kg/ha, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Greece and South Africa rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Greece ranks 21st 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.