Mexico vs South America: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 33.22 million ha against 6.57 million ha in Mexico, a difference of 26.65 million ha.
That makes South America's figure about 5.1 times Mexico's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 6th and South America ranks 9th of 167 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.28 million ha | 14.09 million ha | 6.81 million ha | South America |
| 1970s | 7.05 million ha | 16.45 million ha | 9.40 million ha | South America |
| 1980s | 6.82 million ha | 17.57 million ha | 10.75 million ha | South America |
| 1990s | 7.56 million ha | 17.54 million ha | 9.98 million ha | South America |
| 2000s | 7.21 million ha | 18.57 million ha | 11.36 million ha | South America |
| 2010s | 7.01 million ha | 23.80 million ha | 16.79 million ha | South America |
| 2020s | 6.82 million ha | 32.06 million ha | 25.24 million ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Mexico or South America?
- South America, at 33.22 million ha against 6.57 million ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Mexico and South America?
- 26.65 million ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and South America rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 6th and South America ranks 9th 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.