Bhutan vs Costa Rica: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Bhutan
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 7,531 ha against 4,238 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 3,293 ha.
That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.8 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Bhutan ranks 122nd and Costa Rica ranks 123rd of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 4 and Costa Rica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,733 ha | 57,292 ha | 18,559 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 49,460 ha | 51,063 ha | 1,603 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 53,297 ha | 59,626 ha | 6,328 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 45,987 ha | 21,221 ha | 24,766 ha | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 30,040 ha | 8,012 ha | 22,028 ha | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 22,990 ha | 6,692 ha | 16,298 ha | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 8,291 ha | 4,612 ha | 3,679 ha | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Bhutan or Costa Rica?
- Bhutan, at 7,531 ha against 4,238 ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Bhutan and Costa Rica?
- 3,293 ha, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Costa Rica rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 122nd and Costa Rica ranks 123rd 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.