Australia and New Zealand vs Iraq: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Australia and New Zealand
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 100,000 ha against 96,763 ha in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 3,237 ha.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia and New Zealand ahead.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 80th and Iraq ranks 77th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia and New Zealand | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,697 ha | 2,922 ha | 81,775 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1970s | 77,729 ha | 16,789 ha | 60,940 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1980s | 83,354 ha | 26,160 ha | 57,195 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1990s | 71,471 ha | 81,695 ha | 10,224 ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 86,950 ha | 128,262 ha | 41,312 ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 79,919 ha | 100,044 ha | 20,125 ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 75,944 ha | 88,044 ha | 12,100 ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Australia and New Zealand or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 100,000 ha against 96,763 ha in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Australia and New Zealand and Iraq?
- 3,237 ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Iraq?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand and Iraq rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 80th and Iraq ranks 77th 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.