Canada vs Europe: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Europe
How they compare
Europe currently reports 58,615 ha against 16,070 ha in Canada, a difference of 42,545 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 3.6 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 15th and Europe ranks 9th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Europe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,922 ha | 0 ha | 28,922 ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 29,020 ha | 0 ha | 29,020 ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 32,475 ha | 6,976 ha | 25,498 ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 33,267 ha | 43,119 ha | 9,852 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 26,533 ha | 93,801 ha | 67,268 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 19,182 ha | 99,651 ha | 80,469 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 16,502 ha | 58,776 ha | 42,274 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Canada or Europe?
- Europe, at 58,615 ha against 16,070 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Canada and Europe?
- 42,545 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Europe rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 15th and Europe ranks 9th 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.