Mexico vs Türkiye: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Mexico
6.57 million ha
in 2024
Türkiye
789,379 ha
in 2024
Mexico rank
6th
Türkiye rank
7th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Mexico
  • Türkiye
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 6.57 million ha against 789,379 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 5.78 million ha.

That makes Mexico's figure about 8.3 times Türkiye's.

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

Mexico ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 7th of 167 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Türkiye Difference Ahead
1960s 7.28 million ha 668,444 ha 6.61 million ha Mexico
1970s 7.05 million ha 605,600 ha 6.44 million ha Mexico
1980s 6.82 million ha 554,614 ha 6.27 million ha Mexico
1990s 7.56 million ha 525,188 ha 7.04 million ha Mexico
2000s 7.21 million ha 553,322 ha 6.65 million ha Mexico
2010s 7.01 million ha 634,943 ha 6.38 million ha Mexico
2020s 6.82 million ha 821,496 ha 6.00 million ha Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Mexico or Türkiye?
Mexico, at 6.57 million ha against 789,379 ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Mexico and Türkiye?
5.78 million ha, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Türkiye?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Türkiye rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Mexico ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 7th 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.