Chile vs Southern Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Chile
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 38,975 ha against 10,245 ha in Chile, a difference of 28,730 ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 3.8 times Chile's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
Chile ranks 18th 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 | Chile | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,749 ha | 16,111 ha | 4,362 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 9,640 ha | 18,800 ha | 9,160 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 11,602 ha | 25,200 ha | 13,598 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 12,784 ha | 28,684 ha | 15,900 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 11,820 ha | 32,696 ha | 20,876 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 10,371 ha | 35,923 ha | 25,552 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 10,323 ha | 39,415 ha | 29,092 ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Chile or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 38,975 ha against 10,245 ha in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Chile and Southern Africa?
- 28,730 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Southern Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Chile ranks 18th 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.