France vs Western Asia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- France
- Western Asia
How they compare
France currently reports 1.59 million ha against 1.10 million ha in Western Asia, a difference of 495,960 ha.
That makes France's figure about 1.5 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
France ranks 23rd and Western Asia ranks 22nd of 167 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 973,289 ha | 742,893 ha | 230,396 ha | France |
| 1970s | 1.76 million ha | 712,398 ha | 1.05 million ha | France |
| 1980s | 1.79 million ha | 687,241 ha | 1.10 million ha | France |
| 1990s | 1.73 million ha | 850,859 ha | 877,816 ha | France |
| 2000s | 1.72 million ha | 998,665 ha | 722,312 ha | France |
| 2010s | 1.60 million ha | 973,278 ha | 627,314 ha | France |
| 2020s | 1.53 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 391,446 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, France or Western Asia?
- France, at 1.59 million ha against 1.10 million ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between France and Western Asia?
- 495,960 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Western Asia rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- France ranks 23rd and Western Asia ranks 22nd 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
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.