Japan vs Western Europe: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 20,954 ha against 20,874 ha in Japan, a difference of 80 ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 11th and Western Europe ranks 19th of 53 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 39,367 ha | 10,333 ha | 29,033 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 34,660 ha | 21,660 ha | 13,000 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 26,870 ha | 27,045 ha | 175.1 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 24,100 ha | 20,748 ha | 3,352 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 21,395 ha | 22,192 ha | 796.8 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Japan or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 20,954 ha against 20,874 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Japan and Western Europe?
- 80 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Europe?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Europe rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 11th and Western Europe ranks 19th 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.