Europe vs Japan: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Japan
How they compare
Europe currently reports 58,615 ha against 20,874 ha in Japan, a difference of 37,741 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 2.8 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Europe ranks 13th and Japan ranks 11th of 26 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 25,767 ha | 25,767 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 27,820 ha | 27,820 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 6,976 ha | 36,880 ha | 29,904 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 43,119 ha | 34,660 ha | 8,459 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 93,801 ha | 26,870 ha | 66,931 ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 99,651 ha | 24,100 ha | 75,551 ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 58,776 ha | 21,395 ha | 37,381 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Europe or Japan?
- Europe, at 58,615 ha against 20,874 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Europe and Japan?
- 37,741 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Japan rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 13th and Japan ranks 11th of 26 regions.
- 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.