Lao People's Democratic Republic vs USSR: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Lao People's Democratic Republic
103,603 ha
in 2024
USSR
2.97 million ha
in 1991
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
13th
USSR rank
10th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • USSR
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922024

How they compare

USSR currently reports 2.97 million ha against 103,603 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 2.87 million ha.

That makes USSR's figure about 28.7 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 13th and USSR ranks 10th of 19 regions.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 12,667 ha 4.85 million ha 4.84 million ha USSR
1970s 20,524 ha 3.25 million ha 3.23 million ha USSR
1980s 29,861 ha 4.03 million ha 4.00 million ha USSR
1990s 35,423 ha 2.90 million ha 2.87 million ha USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Lao People's Democratic Republic or USSR?
USSR, at 2.97 million ha against 103,603 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 1991.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Lao People's Democratic Republic and USSR?
2.87 million ha, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and USSR rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 13th and USSR ranks 10th of 19 regions.
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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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.