Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 193,867 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 193,867 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Asia peaked at 264,300 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 84,292 ha, in 1984.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 129,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 134,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 138,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 143,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 149,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 154,550 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 159,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 167,150 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 170,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 176,550 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 180,450 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 182,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 187,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 192,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 195,600 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 107,700 ha | -44.9% |
| 1977 | 114,835 ha | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 95,242 ha | -17.1% |
| 1979 | 107,092 ha | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 116,452 ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 108,850 ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 113,100 ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 115,690 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 84,292 ha | -27.1% |
| 1985 | 85,482 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 86,414 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 102,010 ha | +18.0% |
| 1988 | 128,912 ha | +26.4% |
| 1989 | 131,010 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 137,148 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 136,688 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 136,898 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 138,446 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 158,942 ha | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 156,179 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 153,246 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 150,516 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 162,862 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 150,819 ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 146,616 ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 152,019 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 150,596 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 154,569 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 157,360 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 159,765 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 146,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 163,216 ha | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 175,595 ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 169,865 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 171,181 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 165,449 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 169,241 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 167,909 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 174,527 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 176,134 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 193,153 ha | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 217,785 ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 215,435 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 225,654 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 264,300 ha | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 184,796 ha | -30.1% |
| 2022 | 178,098 ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 187,469 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 193,867 ha | +3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | -44.9% | 195,600 ha | 107,700 ha |
| 2021 | -30.1% | 264,300 ha | 184,796 ha |
| 1984 | -27.1% | 115,690 ha | 84,292 ha |
| 1988 | +26.4% | 102,010 ha | 128,912 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149,600 ha | 129,000 ha | 170,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 154,037 ha | 95,242 ha | 195,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,221 ha | 84,292 ha | 131,010 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 148,174 ha | 136,688 ha | 162,862 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 157,560 ha | 146,000 ha | 175,595 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 187,647 ha | 165,449 ha | 225,654 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 201,706 ha | 178,098 ha | 264,300 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Asia?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Asia was 193,867 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 264,300 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 84,292 ha in 1984.
- How does Asia rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.