Australia vs Lesotho: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 89,206 ha against 75,132 ha in Australia, a difference of 14,074 ha.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Australia ranks 92nd and Lesotho ranks 90th of 182 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,701 ha | 142,390 ha | 61,690 ha | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 59,484 ha | 110,591 ha | 51,107 ha | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 65,624 ha | 125,642 ha | 60,018 ha | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 53,804 ha | 122,244 ha | 68,440 ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 67,982 ha | 136,163 ha | 68,181 ha | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 61,425 ha | 108,687 ha | 47,263 ha | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 57,788 ha | 92,425 ha | 34,637 ha | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Australia or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 89,206 ha against 75,132 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Australia and Lesotho?
- 14,074 ha, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Lesotho?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Lesotho rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 92nd and Lesotho ranks 90th of 182 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.