China (People’s Republic of) vs Japan: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested

China (People’s Republic of)
20,299 ha
in 2024
Japan
20,874 ha
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of) rank
13th
Japan rank
11th

Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 20,874 ha against 20,299 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 575 ha.

Across all 30 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 13th and Japan ranks 11th of 53 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) Japan Difference Ahead
1990s 2,484 ha 36,229 ha 33,745 ha Japan
2000s 3,517 ha 26,388 ha 22,871 ha Japan
2010s 14,763 ha 24,100 ha 9,337 ha Japan
2020s 20,193 ha 21,395 ha 1,201 ha Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, China (People’s Republic of) or Japan?
Japan, at 20,874 ha against 20,299 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between China (People’s Republic of) and Japan?
575 ha, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Japan?
30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and Japan rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 13th and Japan ranks 11th 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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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
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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.