Pakistan vs Western Asia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Pakistan
- Western Asia
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 1.50 million ha against 1.10 million ha in Western Asia, a difference of 402,040 ha.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.4 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
Pakistan ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 22nd of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Pakistan averaged higher in 4 and Western Asia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 542,824 ha | 742,893 ha | 200,069 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 641,566 ha | 712,398 ha | 70,831 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 810,740 ha | 687,241 ha | 123,499 ha | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 893,460 ha | 850,859 ha | 42,601 ha | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 987,430 ha | 998,665 ha | 11,235 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 1.20 million ha | 973,278 ha | 226,785 ha | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 1.59 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 448,836 ha | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Pakistan or Western Asia?
- Pakistan, at 1.50 million ha against 1.10 million ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Pakistan and Western Asia?
- 402,040 ha, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Pakistan and Western Asia rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 22nd 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.