South America vs Switzerland: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- South America
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 9,979 kg/ha against 5,593 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 4,386 kg/ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.8 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
South America ranks 12th and Switzerland ranks 17th of 38 regions.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,414 kg/ha | 5,010 kg/ha | 3,596 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1,676 kg/ha | 6,229 kg/ha | 4,554 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 2,055 kg/ha | 7,800 kg/ha | 5,745 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 2,677 kg/ha | 8,674 kg/ha | 5,997 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 3,750 kg/ha | 9,011 kg/ha | 5,261 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 5,258 kg/ha | 10,217 kg/ha | 4,959 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 5,598 kg/ha | 9,473 kg/ha | 3,875 kg/ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, South America or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 9,979 kg/ha against 5,593 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between South America and Switzerland?
- 4,386 kg/ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South America and Switzerland rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- South America ranks 12th and Switzerland ranks 17th of 38 regions.
- 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.