Portugal vs Southern Asia: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Portugal
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 9,477 kg/ha against 3,995 kg/ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 5,482 kg/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 2.4 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 21st and Southern Asia ranks 20th of 163 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,219 kg/ha | 1,104 kg/ha | 115.13 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 1,334 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 190.73 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 2,125 kg/ha | 1,313 kg/ha | 812.18 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 4,242 kg/ha | 1,663 kg/ha | 2,580 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 5,770 kg/ha | 2,192 kg/ha | 3,578 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 8,344 kg/ha | 3,039 kg/ha | 5,304 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 9,745 kg/ha | 3,850 kg/ha | 5,894 kg/ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Portugal or Southern Asia?
- Portugal, at 9,477 kg/ha against 3,995 kg/ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Portugal and Southern Asia?
- 5,482 kg/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Southern Asia rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Portugal ranks 21st and Southern Asia ranks 20th 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.