New Zealand vs Northern Europe: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- Northern Europe
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 11,301 kg/ha against 7,424 kg/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 3,877 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.5 times Northern Europe's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 12th and Northern Europe ranks 8th of 163 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7,694 kg/ha | 3,312 kg/ha | 4,381 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 8,076 kg/ha | 1,570 kg/ha | 6,506 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 9,799 kg/ha | 1,343 kg/ha | 8,456 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 10,576 kg/ha | 2,883 kg/ha | 7,693 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 11,081 kg/ha | 6,377 kg/ha | 4,703 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 11,326 kg/ha | 6,737 kg/ha | 4,589 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 Europe?
- New Zealand, at 11,301 kg/ha against 7,424 kg/ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between New Zealand and Northern Europe?
- 3,877 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Northern Europe?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Northern Europe rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 12th and Northern Europe ranks 8th 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.