Bulgaria vs Zambia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Bulgaria
503,030 ha
in 2024
Zambia
684,402 ha
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
45th
Zambia rank
42nd

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 684,402 ha against 503,030 ha in Bulgaria, a difference of 181,372 ha.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.4 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 45th and Zambia ranks 42nd of 167 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Zambia Difference Ahead
1960s 603,765 ha 803,333 ha 199,568 ha Zambia
1970s 647,750 ha 940,333 ha 292,583 ha Zambia
1980s 546,534 ha 608,042 ha 61,507 ha Zambia
1990s 497,433 ha 632,925 ha 135,492 ha Zambia
2000s 338,848 ha 595,560 ha 256,711 ha Zambia
2010s 433,971 ha 1.08 million ha 650,358 ha Zambia
2020s 542,536 ha 1.19 million ha 649,840 ha Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Bulgaria or Zambia?
Zambia, at 684,402 ha against 503,030 ha in Bulgaria as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Bulgaria and Zambia?
181,372 ha, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Zambia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Zambia rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Bulgaria ranks 45th and Zambia ranks 42nd 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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Indicator
Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 11,827 data points, 1961–2024
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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.