Europe vs Papua New Guinea: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested

Europe
58,615 ha
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
25,110 ha
in 2024
Europe rank
13th
Papua New Guinea rank
10th

Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time

  • Europe
  • Papua New Guinea
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k196119922024

How they compare

Europe currently reports 58,615 ha against 25,110 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 33,505 ha.

That makes Europe's figure about 2.3 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Europe ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 10th of 26 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0 ha 7,444 ha 7,444 ha Papua New Guinea
1970s 0 ha 10,200 ha 10,200 ha Papua New Guinea
1980s 6,976 ha 15,160 ha 8,184 ha Papua New Guinea
1990s 43,119 ha 19,680 ha 23,439 ha Europe
2000s 93,801 ha 22,250 ha 71,551 ha Europe
2010s 99,651 ha 23,622 ha 76,029 ha Europe
2020s 58,776 ha 24,860 ha 33,916 ha Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Europe or Papua New Guinea?
Europe, at 58,615 ha against 25,110 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Europe and Papua New Guinea?
33,505 ha, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Papua New Guinea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Europe and Papua New Guinea rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
Europe ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 10th 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

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
Last refreshed

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.