Australia vs Sri Lanka: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Australia currently reports 75,132 ha against 72,701 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 2,431 ha.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 83rd and Sri Lanka ranks 85th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,701 ha | 13,942 ha | 66,759 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 59,484 ha | 26,965 ha | 32,519 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 65,624 ha | 29,416 ha | 36,208 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 53,804 ha | 30,143 ha | 23,661 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 67,982 ha | 32,532 ha | 35,450 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 61,425 ha | 62,055 ha | 630.3 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 57,788 ha | 83,569 ha | 25,781 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Australia or Sri Lanka?
- Australia, at 75,132 ha against 72,701 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Australia and Sri Lanka?
- 2,431 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Sri Lanka rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 83rd and Sri Lanka ranks 85th 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.