Burkina Faso vs Guatemala: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Burkina Faso
1.10 million ha
in 2024
Guatemala
1.00 million ha
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
31st
Guatemala rank
32nd

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Guatemala
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1.10 million ha against 1.00 million ha in Guatemala, a difference of 99,250 ha.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guatemala ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 31st and Guatemala ranks 32nd of 167 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Guatemala in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Guatemala Difference Ahead
1960s 165,350 ha 674,111 ha 508,761 ha Guatemala
1970s 100,551 ha 601,725 ha 501,174 ha Guatemala
1980s 162,186 ha 652,339 ha 490,153 ha Guatemala
1990s 218,031 ha 625,155 ha 407,123 ha Guatemala
2000s 432,114 ha 651,835 ha 219,721 ha Guatemala
2010s 872,389 ha 869,832 ha 2,557 ha Burkina Faso
2020s 1.14 million ha 1.07 million ha 76,912 ha Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Guatemala?
Burkina Faso, at 1.10 million ha against 1.00 million ha in Guatemala as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Guatemala?
99,250 ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guatemala?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Guatemala rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Burkina Faso ranks 31st and Guatemala ranks 32nd 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

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
Last refreshed

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.