Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 305,143 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — area harvested in Americas is 305,143 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Americas peaked at 423,669 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 304,949 ha, in 2020.
Americas ranks 4th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 342,485 ha | — |
| 1962 | 346,977 ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 325,238 ha | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 311,240 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 324,726 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 368,463 ha | +13.5% |
| 1967 | 377,285 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 388,661 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 358,280 ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 341,925 ha | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 341,726 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 350,134 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 356,481 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 358,691 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 384,402 ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 362,070 ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 348,597 ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 330,340 ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 323,650 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 313,137 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 316,286 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 354,213 ha | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 330,380 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 355,567 ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 359,381 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 347,552 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 359,761 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 365,775 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 372,569 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 383,578 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 406,723 ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 390,526 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 383,641 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 422,107 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 406,202 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 398,446 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 405,675 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 416,184 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 421,377 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 421,558 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 423,669 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 415,103 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 413,654 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 416,088 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 420,274 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 404,419 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 390,847 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 389,711 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 399,064 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 381,296 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 374,260 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 384,291 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 369,014 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 363,652 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 317,771 ha | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 350,726 ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 332,442 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 345,411 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 307,037 ha | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 304,949 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 314,867 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 326,725 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 320,386 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 305,143 ha | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 349,262 ha | 311,240 ha | 388,661 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 349,802 ha | 323,650 ha | 384,402 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 347,462 ha | 313,137 ha | 372,569 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 403,446 ha | 383,578 ha | 422,107 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 409,439 ha | 389,711 ha | 423,669 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 352,590 ha | 307,037 ha | 384,291 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 314,414 ha | 304,949 ha | 326,725 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Nigeria 201,276 ha compare
- 2 Guinea 141,002 ha compare
- 3 Indonesia 111,363 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 70,414 ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 25,110 ha compare
- 5 Peru 45,230 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 14,328 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,469 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 38,975 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 599 ha compare
- 7 Thailand 37,109 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Americas?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Americas was 305,143 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 423,669 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 304,949 ha in 2020.
- How does Americas rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas 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.