Americas vs Mexico: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested

Americas
305,143 ha
in 2024
Mexico
70,414 ha
in 2024
Americas rank
4th
Mexico rank
5th

Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time

  • Americas
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Americas currently reports 305,143 ha against 70,414 ha in Mexico, a difference of 234,729 ha.

That makes Americas's figure about 4.3 times Mexico's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 5th of 28 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Mexico Difference Ahead
1980s 347,462 ha 14,624 ha 332,838 ha Americas
1990s 403,446 ha 21,627 ha 381,819 ha Americas
2000s 409,439 ha 52,468 ha 356,971 ha Americas
2010s 352,590 ha 62,975 ha 289,615 ha Americas
2020s 314,414 ha 71,176 ha 243,238 ha Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Americas or Mexico?
Americas, at 305,143 ha against 70,414 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Americas and Mexico?
234,729 ha, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Mexico?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Americas and Mexico rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
Americas ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 5th of 28 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

Indicator
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
88 places, 4,064 data points, 1961–2024
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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.