Nigeria vs Uganda: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Nigeria
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 2,174 kg/ha against 2,030 kg/ha in Nigeria, a difference of 144 kg/ha.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.
Nigeria ranks 119th and Uganda ranks 116th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 879.1 kg/ha | 1,089 kg/ha | 209.78 kg/ha | Uganda |
| 1970s | 1,023 kg/ha | 1,323 kg/ha | 300.12 kg/ha | Uganda |
| 1980s | 1,328 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | 98.52 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 1,260 kg/ha | 1,483 kg/ha | 222.9 kg/ha | Uganda |
| 2000s | 1,663 kg/ha | 1,793 kg/ha | 130.53 kg/ha | Uganda |
| 2010s | 1,685 kg/ha | 2,161 kg/ha | 476.7 kg/ha | Uganda |
| 2020s | 2,061 kg/ha | 2,095 kg/ha | 33.78 kg/ha | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Nigeria or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 2,174 kg/ha against 2,030 kg/ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Nigeria and Uganda?
- 144 kg/ha, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Uganda rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 119th and Uganda ranks 116th 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.