Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 10,926 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 10,926 ha.
That represents a change of up 11.5% on the previous year and down 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 17,885 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,450 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 17th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 1,650 ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 1,770 ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 2,052 ha | +15.9% |
| 1967 | 2,180 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 2,429 ha | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 2,781 ha | +14.5% |
| 1970 | 3,644 ha | +31.0% |
| 1971 | 3,658 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 3,677 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 4,683 ha | +27.4% |
| 1974 | 5,742 ha | +22.6% |
| 1975 | 5,468 ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 4,405 ha | -19.4% |
| 1977 | 5,744 ha | +30.4% |
| 1978 | 7,161 ha | +24.7% |
| 1979 | 5,669 ha | -20.8% |
| 1980 | 6,111 ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 6,597 ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 6,210 ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 6,106 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 5,843 ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 6,193 ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 5,510 ha | -11.0% |
| 1987 | 6,155 ha | +11.7% |
| 1988 | 7,677 ha | +24.7% |
| 1989 | 7,538 ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 6,685 ha | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 6,953 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 7,907 ha | +13.7% |
| 1993 | 8,655 ha | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 10,300 ha | +19.0% |
| 1995 | 12,488 ha | +21.2% |
| 1996 | 13,640 ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 12,434 ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 12,656 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 11,405 ha | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 11,234 ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 10,982 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 10,150 ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 10,196 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 10,672 ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 10,384 ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 11,049 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 10,410 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 9,705 ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 13,959 ha | +43.8% |
| 2010 | 11,883 ha | -14.9% |
| 2011 | 15,972 ha | +34.4% |
| 2012 | 15,955 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 15,788 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 17,885 ha | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 16,227 ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 14,596 ha | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 12,915 ha | -11.5% |
| 2018 | 13,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 12,667 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 9,548 ha | -24.6% |
| 2021 | 10,006 ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 9,703 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 9,803 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 10,926 ha | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,929 ha | 1,450 ha | 2,781 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,985 ha | 3,644 ha | 7,161 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,394 ha | 5,510 ha | 7,677 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,312 ha | 6,685 ha | 13,640 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,874 ha | 9,705 ha | 13,959 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,693 ha | 11,883 ha | 17,885 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,997 ha | 9,548 ha | 10,926 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 10,926 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 17,885 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,450 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 17th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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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.