Southern Europe vs Spain: Maize (corn) — Yield
Maize (corn) — Yield over time
- Southern Europe
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 12,115 kg/ha against 7,676 kg/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 4,439 kg/ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.6 times Southern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Southern Europe ranks 8th and Spain ranks 8th of 33 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Southern Europe averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Europe | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,615 kg/ha | 2,491 kg/ha | 123.58 kg/ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 3,913 kg/ha | 3,963 kg/ha | 50.13 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 5,235 kg/ha | 5,885 kg/ha | 649.63 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 5,943 kg/ha | 7,702 kg/ha | 1,759 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 6,974 kg/ha | 9,690 kg/ha | 2,716 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 7,974 kg/ha | 11,305 kg/ha | 3,332 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 8,204 kg/ha | 12,090 kg/ha | 3,885 kg/ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — yield, Southern Europe or Spain?
- Spain, at 12,115 kg/ha against 7,676 kg/ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — yield between Southern Europe and Spain?
- 4,439 kg/ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Europe and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Europe and Spain rank globally for maize (corn) — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 8th and Spain ranks 8th of 33 groups.
- 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.