Canada vs European Union (27): Green corn (maize) — Area harvested

Canada
16,070 ha
in 2024
European Union (27)
50,568 ha
in 2024
Canada rank
15th
European Union (27) rank
14th

Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time

  • Canada
  • European Union (27)
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k196119922024

How they compare

European Union (27) currently reports 50,568 ha against 16,070 ha in Canada, a difference of 34,498 ha.

That makes European Union (27)'s figure about 3.1 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 European Union (27) ranks 14th of 53 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and European Union (27) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada European Union (27) 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 42,322 ha 9,056 ha European Union (27)
2000s 26,533 ha 91,336 ha 64,803 ha European Union (27)
2010s 19,182 ha 93,611 ha 74,429 ha European Union (27)
2020s 16,502 ha 50,423 ha 33,921 ha European Union (27)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Canada or European Union (27)?
European Union (27), at 50,568 ha against 16,070 ha in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Canada and European Union (27)?
34,498 ha, with European Union (27) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and European Union (27)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and European Union (27) rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
Canada ranks 15th and European Union (27) ranks 14th 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

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
Last refreshed

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.