Sierra Leone vs Switzerland: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

Sierra Leone
16,108 ha
in 2024
Switzerland
15,708 ha
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
112th
Switzerland rank
113th

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 16,108 ha against 15,708 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 400 ha.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 112th and Switzerland ranks 113th of 167 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 14,482 ha 3,833 ha 10,649 ha Sierra Leone
1970s 11,598 ha 17,502 ha 5,904 ha Switzerland
1980s 12,544 ha 20,788 ha 8,244 ha Switzerland
1990s 9,912 ha 23,866 ha 13,954 ha Switzerland
2000s 27,102 ha 19,718 ha 7,384 ha Sierra Leone
2010s 24,878 ha 15,123 ha 9,755 ha Sierra Leone
2020s 14,194 ha 15,304 ha 1,110 ha Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Switzerland?
Sierra Leone, at 16,108 ha against 15,708 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Switzerland?
400 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Switzerland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Sierra Leone and Switzerland rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
Sierra Leone ranks 112th and Switzerland ranks 113th 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.