Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 6,776 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia stood at 6,776 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia peaked at 9,231 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 19th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 1,509 ha | +7.8% |
| 1969 | 1,804 ha | +19.5% |
| 1970 | 2,303 ha | +27.7% |
| 1971 | 2,139 ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 2,201 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 2,757 ha | +25.3% |
| 1974 | 3,380 ha | +22.6% |
| 1975 | 3,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 2,788 ha | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 3,474 ha | +24.6% |
| 1978 | 4,204 ha | +21.0% |
| 1979 | 2,853 ha | -32.1% |
| 1980 | 3,581 ha | +25.5% |
| 1981 | 3,768 ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 3,806 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 3,906 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 3,843 ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 4,293 ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 3,740 ha | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 4,081 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 5,144 ha | +26.0% |
| 1989 | 5,177 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 3,787 ha | -26.8% |
| 1991 | 3,753 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 4,422 ha | +17.8% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 5,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 5,488 ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 6,472 ha | +17.9% |
| 1997 | 5,434 ha | -16.0% |
| 1998 | 5,579 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 4,505 ha | -19.3% |
| 2000 | 4,234 ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 4,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 3,484 ha | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 3,459 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 3,839 ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 3,269 ha | -14.8% |
| 2006 | 3,849 ha | +17.7% |
| 2007 | 4,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 3,505 ha | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 3,494 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 5,056 ha | +44.7% |
| 2011 | 6,744 ha | +33.4% |
| 2012 | 6,473 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 6,498 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 6,757 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 7,157 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 7,956 ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 9,044 ha | +13.7% |
| 2018 | 9,231 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 8,907 ha | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 6,225 ha | -30.1% |
| 2021 | 6,683 ha | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 6,383 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 6,483 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 6,776 ha | +4.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 6,776 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 7.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Australia's 6,776 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,538 ha, 50% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,240 ha | 900 ha | 1,804 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,920 ha | 2,139 ha | 4,204 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,134 ha | 3,581 ha | 5,177 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,974 ha | 3,753 ha | 6,472 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,733 ha | 3,269 ha | 4,234 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,382 ha | 5,056 ha | 9,231 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,510 ha | 6,225 ha | 6,776 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Australia was 6,776 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?
- The highest recorded value was 9,231 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 19th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.