Angola vs Eastern Africa: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Angola
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 21.03 million ha against 2.82 million ha in Angola, a difference of 18.21 million ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 7.5 times Angola's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Angola ranks 12th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 167 countries.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 520,000 ha | 6.43 million ha | 5.91 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 574,000 ha | 7.67 million ha | 7.09 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 701,500 ha | 8.58 million ha | 7.88 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 725,774 ha | 9.76 million ha | 9.04 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 990,707 ha | 12.83 million ha | 11.84 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 1.90 million ha | 16.66 million ha | 14.77 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 2.76 million ha | 19.62 million ha | 16.86 million ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Angola or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 21.03 million ha against 2.82 million ha in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Angola and Eastern Africa?
- 18.21 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Eastern Africa rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 12th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th 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.