Afghanistan vs Kazakhstan: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Kazakhstan
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 162,165 ha against 135,000 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 27,165 ha.
That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 71st and Kazakhstan ranks 68th of 167 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Kazakhstan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Kazakhstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 235,000 ha | 82,852 ha | 152,148 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 158,800 ha | 95,020 ha | 63,780 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 137,674 ha | 124,201 ha | 13,473 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 136,116 ha | 178,665 ha | 42,550 ha | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Afghanistan or Kazakhstan?
- Kazakhstan, at 162,165 ha against 135,000 ha in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan?
- 27,165 ha, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Kazakhstan?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Kazakhstan rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 71st and Kazakhstan ranks 68th of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Maize (corn) — 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.