Mexico vs Peru: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- Peru
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 70,414 ha against 45,230 ha in Peru, a difference of 25,184 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.6 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Peru ahead.
Mexico ranks 5th and Peru ranks 6th of 60 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,624 ha | 20,710 ha | 6,086 ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 21,627 ha | 28,696 ha | 7,069 ha | Peru |
| 2000s | 52,468 ha | 44,428 ha | 8,039 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 62,975 ha | 44,445 ha | 18,530 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 71,176 ha | 46,857 ha | 24,318 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Mexico or Peru?
- Mexico, at 70,414 ha against 45,230 ha in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Mexico and Peru?
- 25,184 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Peru?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Peru rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 5th and Peru ranks 6th of 60 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.