New Zealand vs Sierra Leone: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- New Zealand
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 21,631 ha against 16,108 ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 5,523 ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.3 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
New Zealand ranks 109th and Sierra Leone ranks 112th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,997 ha | 14,482 ha | 10,485 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 18,245 ha | 11,598 ha | 6,647 ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 17,730 ha | 12,544 ha | 5,186 ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 17,667 ha | 9,912 ha | 7,754 ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 18,969 ha | 27,102 ha | 8,133 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 18,495 ha | 24,878 ha | 6,383 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 18,156 ha | 14,194 ha | 3,962 ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, New Zealand or Sierra Leone?
- New Zealand, at 21,631 ha against 16,108 ha in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between New Zealand and Sierra Leone?
- 5,523 ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Sierra Leone rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 109th and Sierra Leone ranks 112th 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.