Botswana vs Namibia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Botswana
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 32,215 ha against 30,000 ha in Botswana, a difference of 2,215 ha.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Namibia ahead.
Botswana ranks 112th and Namibia ranks 110th of 182 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and Namibia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,079 ha | 18,111 ha | 2,032 ha | Namibia |
| 1970s | 43,580 ha | 21,400 ha | 22,180 ha | Botswana |
| 1980s | 25,990 ha | 20,852 ha | 5,138 ha | Botswana |
| 1990s | 43,763 ha | 29,128 ha | 14,634 ha | Botswana |
| 2000s | 49,428 ha | 26,339 ha | 23,090 ha | Botswana |
| 2010s | 61,100 ha | 28,664 ha | 32,437 ha | Botswana |
| 2020s | 65,807 ha | 41,747 ha | 24,060 ha | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Botswana or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 32,215 ha against 30,000 ha in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Botswana and Namibia?
- 2,215 ha, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Namibia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Namibia rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 112th and Namibia ranks 110th 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.