United Republic of Tanzania vs World: Maize (corn) — Area harvested

United Republic of Tanzania
5.74 million ha
in 2024
World
209.95 million ha
in 2024
United Republic of Tanzania rank
4th
World rank
1st

Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time

  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 209.95 million ha against 5.74 million ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 204.21 million ha.

That makes World's figure about 36.6 times United Republic of Tanzania's.

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

United Republic of Tanzania ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 19 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade United Republic of Tanzania World Difference Ahead
1960s 950,889 ha 108.76 million ha 107.80 million ha World
1970s 1.14 million ha 120.24 million ha 119.10 million ha World
1980s 1.57 million ha 127.78 million ha 126.21 million ha World
1990s 1.60 million ha 136.17 million ha 134.58 million ha World
2000s 2.54 million ha 148.21 million ha 145.67 million ha World
2010s 3.72 million ha 186.63 million ha 182.91 million ha World
2020s 4.51 million ha 206.49 million ha 201.98 million ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, United Republic of Tanzania or World?
World, at 209.95 million ha against 5.74 million ha in United Republic of Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between United Republic of Tanzania and World?
204.21 million ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United Republic of Tanzania and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do United Republic of Tanzania and World rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 19 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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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.