Australia vs Western Asia: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Western Asia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 6,776 ha against 4,067 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 2,709 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.7 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 19th and Western Asia ranks 24th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Western Asia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,240 ha | 0 ha | 1,240 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 2,920 ha | 11.9 ha | 2,908 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 4,134 ha | 960.8 ha | 3,173 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 4,974 ha | 7,102 ha | 2,128 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 3,733 ha | 6,732 ha | 2,998 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 7,382 ha | 5,458 ha | 1,924 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 6,510 ha | 4,522 ha | 1,988 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Australia or Western Asia?
- Australia, at 6,776 ha against 4,067 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Australia and Western Asia?
- 2,709 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Western Asia rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 19th and Western Asia ranks 24th 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.