Egypt vs Ethiopia PDR: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Egypt
950,000 ha
in 2024
Ethiopia PDR
999,190 ha
in 1992
Egypt rank
36th
Ethiopia PDR rank
33rd

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia PDR
500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1.5M196119922024

How they compare

Ethiopia PDR currently reports 999,190 ha against 950,000 ha in Egypt, a difference of 49,190 ha.

That makes Ethiopia PDR's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ethiopia PDR ahead.

Egypt ranks 36th and Ethiopia PDR ranks 33rd of 167 countries.

Ethiopia PDR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Ethiopia PDR Difference Ahead
1960s 662,298 ha 798,389 ha 136,091 ha Ethiopia PDR
1970s 724,777 ha 825,970 ha 101,193 ha Ethiopia PDR
1980s 802,424 ha 887,099 ha 84,675 ha Ethiopia PDR
1990s 841,760 ha 1.14 million ha 302,014 ha Ethiopia PDR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Egypt or Ethiopia PDR?
Ethiopia PDR, at 999,190 ha against 950,000 ha in Egypt as of 1992.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Egypt and Ethiopia PDR?
49,190 ha, with Ethiopia PDR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Ethiopia PDR?
32 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1992.
How do Egypt and Ethiopia PDR rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Egypt ranks 36th and Ethiopia PDR ranks 33rd 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

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.