Caribbean vs Peru: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 461,207 ha against 392,421 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 68,786 ha.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 59th and Peru ranks 56th of 182 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 366,145 ha | 320,737 ha | 45,408 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 350,992 ha | 373,056 ha | 22,064 ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 338,231 ha | 399,310 ha | 61,079 ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 405,006 ha | 373,239 ha | 31,767 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 446,226 ha | 487,643 ha | 41,418 ha | Peru |
| 2010s | 538,167 ha | 479,759 ha | 58,408 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 395,176 ha | 451,341 ha | 56,165 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Caribbean or Peru?
- Peru, at 461,207 ha against 392,421 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Caribbean and Peru?
- 68,786 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Peru rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 59th and Peru ranks 56th 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.