Portugal vs Sri Lanka: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Portugal
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 72,701 ha against 65,160 ha in Portugal, a difference of 7,541 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 88th and Sri Lanka ranks 85th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 477,733 ha | 13,942 ha | 463,792 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 395,308 ha | 26,965 ha | 368,343 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 268,384 ha | 29,416 ha | 238,967 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 183,774 ha | 30,143 ha | 153,631 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 124,993 ha | 32,532 ha | 92,461 ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 94,541 ha | 62,055 ha | 32,486 ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 72,530 ha | 83,569 ha | 11,039 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Portugal or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 72,701 ha against 65,160 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Portugal and Sri Lanka?
- 7,541 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Sri Lanka rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 88th and Sri Lanka ranks 85th 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.