Eritrea vs Switzerland: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Eritrea
20,000 ha
in 2024
Switzerland
15,708 ha
in 2024
Eritrea rank
111th
Switzerland rank
113th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Eritrea
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 20,000 ha against 15,708 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 4,292 ha.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.3 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 111th and Switzerland ranks 113th of 167 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Switzerland Difference Ahead
1990s 23,606 ha 23,063 ha 542.71 ha Eritrea
2000s 18,338 ha 19,718 ha 1,380 ha Switzerland
2010s 20,100 ha 15,123 ha 4,977 ha Eritrea
2020s 20,000 ha 15,304 ha 4,696 ha Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Eritrea or Switzerland?
Eritrea, at 20,000 ha against 15,708 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Eritrea and Switzerland?
4,292 ha, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Switzerland?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Switzerland rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Eritrea ranks 111th and Switzerland ranks 113th 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
Last refreshed

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.