China vs Eastern Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- China
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 20,299 ha against 16,218 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 4,081 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.3 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
China ranks 13th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 53 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Eastern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,484 ha | 8,149 ha | 5,665 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 3,517 ha | 10,826 ha | 7,309 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 14,763 ha | 15,472 ha | 709.6 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 20,193 ha | 16,111 ha | 4,082 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, China or Eastern Africa?
- China, at 20,299 ha against 16,218 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between China and Eastern Africa?
- 4,081 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Africa?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- China ranks 13th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th 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.