Central America vs Mexico: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Mexico
How they compare
Central America currently reports 72,988 ha against 70,414 ha in Mexico, a difference of 2,574 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Mexico ahead.
Central America ranks 11th and Mexico ranks 4th of 26 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,624 ha | 14,624 ha | 0 ha | — |
| 1990s | 21,627 ha | 21,627 ha | 0 ha | — |
| 2000s | 53,875 ha | 52,468 ha | 1,407 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 65,712 ha | 62,975 ha | 2,737 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 73,958 ha | 71,176 ha | 2,782 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Central America or Mexico?
- Central America, at 72,988 ha against 70,414 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Central America and Mexico?
- 2,574 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Mexico?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Mexico rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 11th and Mexico ranks 4th of 26 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
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.