Maize (corn) — Yield in French Guiana
French Guiana: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2006. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in French Guiana, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2006, maize (corn) — yield in French Guiana stood at 1,000 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in French Guiana peaked at 9,419 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 384 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places French Guiana 158th out of 178 countries with data for 2006, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,461 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 9,419 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,103 kg/ha | 1,364 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 667.23 kg/ha | 384 kg/ha | 707.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 832.3 kg/ha | 725.3 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 7 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
More agriculture & rural data for French Guiana
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 2,676 An (2006)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 190 ha (2006)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 16,718 t (2006)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 16,422 kg/ha (2006)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 1,018 ha (2006)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 6,967 t (2006)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 40,982 kg/ha (2006)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 170 ha (2006)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 4,852 kg/ha (2006)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 33,509 t (2006)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in French Guiana?
- Maize (corn) — yield in French Guiana was 1,000 kg/ha in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 9,419 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 384 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does French Guiana rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- French Guiana ranks 158th out of 178 countries with data for 2006.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this French Guiana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.