Papua New Guinea vs Western Europe: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Western Europe
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 25,110 ha against 20,954 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 4,156 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 10th and Western Europe ranks 19th of 53 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16,700 ha | 10,333 ha | 6,367 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 19,680 ha | 21,660 ha | 1,980 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 22,250 ha | 27,045 ha | 4,795 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 23,622 ha | 20,748 ha | 2,874 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 24,860 ha | 22,192 ha | 2,668 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Papua New Guinea or Western Europe?
- Papua New Guinea, at 25,110 ha against 20,954 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Papua New Guinea and Western Europe?
- 4,156 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Western Europe?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Western Europe rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 10th 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.