Caribbean vs Oceania: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Oceania
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 392,421 ha against 102,084 ha in Oceania, a difference of 290,337 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 3.8 times Oceania's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 25th and Oceania ranks 27th of 29 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 366,145 ha | 86,656 ha | 279,489 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 350,992 ha | 79,751 ha | 271,241 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 338,231 ha | 86,444 ha | 251,787 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 405,006 ha | 74,952 ha | 330,054 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 446,226 ha | 91,571 ha | 354,654 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 538,167 ha | 84,967 ha | 453,200 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 395,176 ha | 81,028 ha | 314,147 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Caribbean or Oceania?
- Caribbean, at 392,421 ha against 102,084 ha in Oceania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Caribbean and Oceania?
- 290,337 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Oceania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Oceania rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 25th and Oceania ranks 27th of 29 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.