Australia vs Southern Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 38,975 ha against 6,776 ha in Australia, a difference of 32,199 ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 5.8 times Australia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 16th of 53 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,240 ha | 16,111 ha | 14,871 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 2,920 ha | 18,800 ha | 15,880 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 4,134 ha | 25,200 ha | 21,066 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 4,974 ha | 28,684 ha | 23,710 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 3,733 ha | 32,696 ha | 28,962 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 7,382 ha | 35,923 ha | 28,541 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 6,510 ha | 39,415 ha | 32,905 ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Australia or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 38,975 ha against 6,776 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Australia and Southern Africa?
- 32,199 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Southern Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 16th of 53 countries.
- 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.