Ecuador vs Spain: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 288,900 ha against 273,835 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 15,065 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Ecuador ranks 67th and Spain ranks 65th of 182 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 274,578 ha | 481,526 ha | 206,948 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 273,268 ha | 488,818 ha | 215,550 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 320,623 ha | 477,216 ha | 156,593 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 467,100 ha | 409,777 ha | 57,323 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 393,585 ha | 420,543 ha | 26,958 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 425,958 ha | 370,589 ha | 55,369 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 332,995 ha | 309,028 ha | 23,967 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Ecuador or Spain?
- Spain, at 288,900 ha against 273,835 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Ecuador and Spain?
- 15,065 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Spain rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 67th and Spain ranks 65th of 182 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.