Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Türkiye: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
585,000 ha
in 2024
Türkiye
789,379 ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
9th
Türkiye rank
7th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Türkiye
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How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 789,379 ha against 585,000 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 204,379 ha.

That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.3 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Türkiye ahead.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Türkiye ranks 7th of 19 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic People's Republic of Korea averaged higher in 3 and Türkiye in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Türkiye Difference Ahead
1960s 538,333 ha 668,444 ha 130,111 ha Türkiye
1970s 647,000 ha 605,600 ha 41,400 ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1980s 686,000 ha 554,614 ha 131,386 ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1990s 629,800 ha 525,188 ha 104,612 ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2000s 500,984 ha 553,322 ha 52,338 ha Türkiye
2010s 527,251 ha 634,943 ha 107,692 ha Türkiye
2020s 584,653 ha 821,496 ha 236,843 ha Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Türkiye?
Türkiye, at 789,379 ha against 585,000 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Türkiye?
204,379 ha, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Türkiye?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Türkiye rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Türkiye ranks 7th of 19 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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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
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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.