Mexico vs Viet Nam: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Mexico
6.57 million ha
in 2024
Viet Nam
862,053 ha
in 2024
Mexico rank
6th
Viet Nam rank
6th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Mexico
  • Viet Nam
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 6.57 million ha against 862,053 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 5.71 million ha.

That makes Mexico's figure about 7.6 times Viet Nam's.

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

Mexico ranks 6th and Viet Nam ranks 6th of 167 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1960s 7.28 million ha 256,430 ha 7.02 million ha Mexico
1970s 7.05 million ha 296,870 ha 6.75 million ha Mexico
1980s 6.82 million ha 414,410 ha 6.41 million ha Mexico
1990s 7.56 million ha 556,768 ha 7.01 million ha Mexico
2000s 7.21 million ha 989,110 ha 6.22 million ha Mexico
2010s 7.01 million ha 1.12 million ha 5.89 million ha Mexico
2020s 6.82 million ha 893,587 ha 5.93 million ha Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Mexico or Viet Nam?
Mexico, at 6.57 million ha against 862,053 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Mexico and Viet Nam?
5.71 million ha, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Viet Nam?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Viet Nam rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Mexico ranks 6th and Viet Nam ranks 6th 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
Last refreshed

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.