Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 480,739 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 480,739 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Africa peaked at 480,739 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 221,600 ha, in 1974.
That places Africa 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 282,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 266,500 ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 252,100 ha | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 288,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 262,700 ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 270,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 282,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 302,900 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 318,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 349,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 313,800 ha | -10.2% |
| 1972 | 269,100 ha | -14.2% |
| 1973 | 270,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 221,600 ha | -18.2% |
| 1975 | 275,200 ha | +24.2% |
| 1976 | 270,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 244,400 ha | -9.7% |
| 1978 | 238,400 ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 230,700 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 249,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 257,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 277,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 314,200 ha | +13.4% |
| 1984 | 339,300 ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 384,600 ha | +13.4% |
| 1986 | 376,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 323,800 ha | -14.0% |
| 1988 | 369,900 ha | +14.2% |
| 1989 | 377,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 354,071 ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 390,738 ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 379,399 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 391,565 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 398,468 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 399,940 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 402,082 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 390,036 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 382,750 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 389,065 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 394,295 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 397,536 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 404,314 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 415,635 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 423,015 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 427,693 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 406,892 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 410,082 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 418,399 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 429,397 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 440,406 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 460,044 ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 458,958 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 456,391 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 455,703 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 464,849 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 466,841 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 470,012 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 470,351 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 472,821 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 475,455 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 479,197 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 480,454 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 480,579 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 480,739 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 280,744 ha | 252,100 ha | 318,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 268,420 ha | 221,600 ha | 349,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 326,850 ha | 249,000 ha | 384,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 387,811 ha | 354,071 ha | 402,082 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 412,726 ha | 394,295 ha | 429,397 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 461,638 ha | 440,406 ha | 472,821 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 479,285 ha | 475,455 ha | 480,739 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Africa?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Africa was 480,739 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 480,739 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 221,600 ha in 1974.
- How does Africa rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Green corn (maize) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.