Norway vs South Africa: Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita

Norway
0.0114 units per person
in 2019
South Africa
0.0099 units per person
in 2019
Norway rank
78th
South Africa rank
80th

Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita over time

  • Norway
  • South Africa
00.020.040.060.08196119902019

How they compare

Norway currently reports 0.0114 units per person against 0.0099 units per person in South Africa, a difference of 0.0015 units per person.

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

The two have swapped places 16 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 78th and South Africa ranks 80th of 177 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0243 units per person 0.0032 units per person 0.021 units per person Norway
1970s 0.0218 units per person 0.0011 units per person 0.0208 units per person Norway
1980s 0.0084 units per person 0.0135 units per person 0.0051 units per person South Africa
1990s 0.0067 units per person 0.0148 units per person 0.0081 units per person South Africa
2000s 0.0082 units per person 0.0101 units per person 0.0019 units per person South Africa
2010s 0.0134 units per person 0.0098 units per person 0.0036 units per person Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - maize, per capita, Norway or South Africa?
Norway, at 0.0114 units per person against 0.0099 units per person in South Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - maize, per capita between Norway and South Africa?
0.0015 units per person, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and South Africa?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Norway and South Africa rank globally for net food imports by crop - maize, per capita?
Norway ranks 78th and South Africa ranks 80th of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Norway vs South Africa: Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/net-food-imports-by-crop-maize-per-capita/norway/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/net-food-imports-by-crop-maize-per-capita/norway/south-africa/">Norway vs South Africa: Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
177 places, 7,815 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed

Net food imports by crop - Maize divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.