Eritrea vs Sierra Leone: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Eritrea
20,000 ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone
16,108 ha
in 2024
Eritrea rank
123rd
Sierra Leone rank
124th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Eritrea
  • Sierra Leone
020.0k40.0k60.0k196119922024

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 20,000 ha against 16,108 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 3,892 ha.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 123rd and Sierra Leone ranks 124th of 182 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 23,606 ha 9,072 ha 14,534 ha Eritrea
2000s 18,338 ha 27,102 ha 8,764 ha Sierra Leone
2010s 20,100 ha 24,878 ha 4,778 ha Sierra Leone
2020s 20,000 ha 14,194 ha 5,806 ha Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Eritrea or Sierra Leone?
Eritrea, at 20,000 ha against 16,108 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Eritrea and Sierra Leone?
3,892 ha, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Sierra Leone?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Sierra Leone rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Eritrea ranks 123rd and Sierra Leone ranks 124th 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

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.