Eastern Asia vs Viet Nam: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 45.38 million ha against 862,053 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 44.52 million ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 52.6 times Viet Nam's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 4th and Viet Nam ranks 6th of 29 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.11 million ha | 256,430 ha | 15.86 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 18.79 million ha | 296,870 ha | 18.49 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 20.04 million ha | 414,410 ha | 19.63 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 23.52 million ha | 556,768 ha | 22.97 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 27.22 million ha | 989,110 ha | 26.23 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 39.51 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 38.40 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 43.96 million ha | 893,587 ha | 43.06 million ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Viet Nam?
- Eastern Asia, at 45.38 million ha against 862,053 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Viet Nam?
- 44.52 million ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Viet Nam rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th and Viet Nam ranks 6th 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
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.