New Zealand vs Northern Africa: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- Northern Africa
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 11,301 kg/ha against 6,788 kg/ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 4,513 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.7 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 12th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 163 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,498 kg/ha | 2,119 kg/ha | 3,379 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 7,694 kg/ha | 2,484 kg/ha | 5,209 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 8,964 kg/ha | 3,168 kg/ha | 5,797 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 9,723 kg/ha | 4,448 kg/ha | 5,275 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 10,576 kg/ha | 5,964 kg/ha | 4,613 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 11,081 kg/ha | 6,356 kg/ha | 4,725 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 11,326 kg/ha | 6,890 kg/ha | 4,436 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, New Zealand or Northern Africa?
- New Zealand, at 11,301 kg/ha against 6,788 kg/ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between New Zealand and Northern Africa?
- 4,513 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Northern Africa rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 12th and Northern Africa ranks 11th of 163 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.