Costa Rica vs Guyana: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Guyana
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 4,238 ha against 2,933 ha in Guyana, a difference of 1,305 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Guyana's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 123rd and Guyana ranks 124th of 167 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Guyana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,292 ha | 1,095 ha | 56,198 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 51,063 ha | 1,873 ha | 49,190 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 59,626 ha | 1,453 ha | 58,172 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 21,221 ha | 2,478 ha | 18,743 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 8,012 ha | 3,125 ha | 4,886 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 6,692 ha | 2,970 ha | 3,722 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 4,612 ha | 2,931 ha | 1,682 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Costa Rica or Guyana?
- Costa Rica, at 4,238 ha against 2,933 ha in Guyana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Costa Rica and Guyana?
- 1,305 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Guyana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Guyana rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 123rd and Guyana ranks 124th 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
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.