Eastern Africa vs Ukraine: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Eastern Africa
21.03 million ha
in 2024
Ukraine
4.07 million ha
in 2024
Eastern Africa rank
10th
Ukraine rank
8th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Eastern Africa
  • Ukraine
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 21.03 million ha against 4.07 million ha in Ukraine, a difference of 16.96 million ha.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 5.2 times Ukraine's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.

Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Ukraine ranks 8th of 29 groups.

Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Ukraine Difference Ahead
1990s 9.86 million ha 1.02 million ha 8.84 million ha Eastern Africa
2000s 12.83 million ha 1.77 million ha 11.06 million ha Eastern Africa
2010s 16.66 million ha 4.24 million ha 12.43 million ha Eastern Africa
2020s 19.62 million ha 4.61 million ha 15.01 million ha Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Ukraine?
Eastern Africa, at 21.03 million ha against 4.07 million ha in Ukraine as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Ukraine?
16.96 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Ukraine?
33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
How do Eastern Africa and Ukraine rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Eastern Africa ranks 10th and Ukraine ranks 8th of 29 groups.
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

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.