Melanesia vs Syrian Arab Republic: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Melanesia
5,259 ha
in 2024
Syrian Arab Republic
56,314 ha
in 2024
Melanesia rank
17th
Syrian Arab Republic rank
14th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Melanesia
  • Syrian Arab Republic
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How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 56,314 ha against 5,259 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 51,055 ha.

That makes Syrian Arab Republic's figure about 10.7 times Melanesia's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Syrian Arab Republic has been ahead every year.

Melanesia ranks 17th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 14th of 19 countries.

Syrian Arab Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Melanesia Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1960s 1,958 ha 55,316 ha 53,358 ha Syrian Arab Republic
1970s 2,022 ha 55,316 ha 53,294 ha Syrian Arab Republic
1980s 3,090 ha 55,316 ha 52,226 ha Syrian Arab Republic
1990s 3,446 ha 55,316 ha 51,870 ha Syrian Arab Republic
2000s 4,575 ha 53,701 ha 49,126 ha Syrian Arab Republic
2010s 4,989 ha 37,374 ha 32,386 ha Syrian Arab Republic
2020s 5,021 ha 66,866 ha 61,845 ha Syrian Arab Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Melanesia or Syrian Arab Republic?
Syrian Arab Republic, at 56,314 ha against 5,259 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Melanesia and Syrian Arab Republic?
51,055 ha, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Syrian Arab Republic?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Melanesia and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Melanesia ranks 17th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 14th of 19 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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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.