Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 869,536 ha against 684,402 ha in Zambia, a difference of 185,134 ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Zambia ranks 42nd and Zimbabwe ranks 40th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Zambia averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Zambia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 803,333 ha | 797,198 ha | 6,135 ha | Zambia |
| 1970s | 940,333 ha | 936,530 ha | 3,803 ha | Zambia |
| 1980s | 608,042 ha | 1.29 million ha | 685,332 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 632,925 ha | 1.31 million ha | 679,811 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 595,560 ha | 1.62 million ha | 1.02 million ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 1.08 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 126,823 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 1.19 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 176,887 ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Zambia or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 869,536 ha against 684,402 ha in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 185,134 ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Zambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 42nd and Zimbabwe ranks 40th 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.