Costa Rica vs Saudi Arabia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 9,453 ha against 4,238 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 5,215 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 2.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 123rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 120th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,292 ha | 4,333 ha | 52,959 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 51,063 ha | 5,264 ha | 45,799 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 59,626 ha | 2,133 ha | 57,492 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 21,221 ha | 2,796 ha | 18,425 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 8,012 ha | 17,117 ha | 9,106 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 6,692 ha | 12,199 ha | 5,507 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 4,612 ha | 11,348 ha | 6,735 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Costa Rica or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 9,453 ha against 4,238 ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
- 5,215 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 123rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 120th 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.