Mali vs Western Europe: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Mali
1.60 million ha
in 2024
Western Europe
2.39 million ha
in 2024
Mali rank
22nd
Western Europe rank
21st

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Mali
  • Western Europe
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922024

How they compare

Western Europe currently reports 2.39 million ha against 1.60 million ha in Mali, a difference of 792,920 ha.

That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.5 times Mali's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.

Mali ranks 22nd and Western Europe ranks 21st of 167 countries.

Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Western Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 107,564 ha 1.07 million ha 966,046 ha Western Europe
1970s 71,627 ha 2.05 million ha 1.97 million ha Western Europe
1980s 104,679 ha 2.19 million ha 2.09 million ha Western Europe
1990s 234,979 ha 2.28 million ha 2.05 million ha Western Europe
2000s 335,125 ha 2.44 million ha 2.11 million ha Western Europe
2010s 929,894 ha 2.36 million ha 1.43 million ha Western Europe
2020s 1.45 million ha 2.28 million ha 830,682 ha Western Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Mali or Western Europe?
Western Europe, at 2.39 million ha against 1.60 million ha in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Mali and Western Europe?
792,920 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Western Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mali and Western Europe rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Mali ranks 22nd and Western Europe ranks 21st 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
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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.