Nigeria vs South Africa: Corn production

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 12.85 million tonnes against 11.16 million tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 1.69 million tonnes.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Nigeria ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 12th of 175 countries.