Guinea-Bissau vs Switzerland: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 15,708 ha against 15,000 ha in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 708 ha.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 115th and Switzerland ranks 113th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,667 ha | 3,833 ha | 166.11 ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 6,650 ha | 17,502 ha | 10,852 ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 13,098 ha | 20,788 ha | 7,690 ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 14,291 ha | 23,866 ha | 9,575 ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 23,953 ha | 19,718 ha | 4,236 ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 8,068 ha | 15,123 ha | 7,055 ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 17,403 ha | 15,304 ha | 2,099 ha | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Guinea-Bissau or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 15,708 ha against 15,000 ha in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Guinea-Bissau and Switzerland?
- 708 ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Switzerland rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 115th 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
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.