Peru vs South Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Peru
- South Africa
How they compare
Peru currently reports 45,230 ha against 38,975 ha in South Africa, a difference of 6,255 ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.
Peru ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 6th of 53 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,768 ha | 16,111 ha | 3,657 ha | Peru |
| 1970s | 25,410 ha | 18,800 ha | 6,610 ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 20,710 ha | 25,200 ha | 4,490 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 28,696 ha | 28,684 ha | 11.6 ha | Peru |
| 2000s | 44,428 ha | 32,696 ha | 11,733 ha | Peru |
| 2010s | 44,445 ha | 35,923 ha | 8,522 ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 46,857 ha | 39,415 ha | 7,442 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Peru or South Africa?
- Peru, at 45,230 ha against 38,975 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Peru and South Africa?
- 6,255 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and South Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 6th 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.