El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

El Salvador
254,525 ha
in 2024
Nicaragua
249,854 ha
in 2023
El Salvador rank
61st
Nicaragua rank
62nd

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 254,525 ha against 249,854 ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 4,671 ha.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 61st and Nicaragua ranks 62nd of 167 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 190,394 ha 199,122 ha 8,728 ha Nicaragua
1970s 229,891 ha 224,588 ha 5,303 ha El Salvador
1980s 263,976 ha 180,832 ha 83,144 ha El Salvador
1990s 297,087 ha 232,050 ha 65,037 ha El Salvador
2000s 251,012 ha 347,814 ha 96,802 ha Nicaragua
2010s 282,052 ha 330,306 ha 48,254 ha Nicaragua
2020s 261,895 ha 278,034 ha 16,139 ha Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
El Salvador, at 254,525 ha against 249,854 ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
4,671 ha, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
El Salvador ranks 61st and Nicaragua ranks 62nd 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.