Africa vs Guinea: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Guinea
How they compare
Africa currently reports 480,739 ha against 141,002 ha in Guinea, a difference of 339,737 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.4 times Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 2nd and Guinea ranks 2nd of 26 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 280,744 ha | 110,556 ha | 170,189 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 268,420 ha | 117,000 ha | 151,420 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 326,850 ha | 112,500 ha | 214,350 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 387,811 ha | 114,520 ha | 273,291 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 412,726 ha | 122,400 ha | 290,326 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 461,638 ha | 132,952 ha | 328,686 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 479,285 ha | 140,677 ha | 338,608 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Africa or Guinea?
- Africa, at 480,739 ha against 141,002 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Africa and Guinea?
- 339,737 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Guinea rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 2nd and Guinea ranks 2nd of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Green corn (maize) — Area harvested. 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.