Peru vs Western Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested over time
- Peru
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 425,545 ha against 45,230 ha in Peru, a difference of 380,315 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 9.4 times Peru's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Peru ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 3rd of 53 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,768 ha | 261,111 ha | 241,343 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 25,410 ha | 243,690 ha | 218,280 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 20,710 ha | 295,200 ha | 274,490 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 28,696 ha | 350,963 ha | 322,268 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 44,428 ha | 369,648 ha | 325,219 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 44,445 ha | 410,242 ha | 365,797 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 46,857 ha | 423,758 ha | 376,901 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher green corn (maize) — area harvested, Peru or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 425,545 ha against 45,230 ha in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in green corn (maize) — area harvested between Peru and Western Africa?
- 380,315 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Western Africa rank globally for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 3rd 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.