Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 14,851 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 14,851 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 853.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 17,473 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1976.
Caribbean ranks 21st of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 12 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 15 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 1966 | 25 ha | +47.1% |
| 1967 | 15 ha | -40.0% |
| 1968 | 25 ha | +66.7% |
| 1969 | 5 ha | -80.0% |
| 1970 | 7 ha | +40.0% |
| 1971 | 9 ha | +28.6% |
| 1972 | 17 ha | +88.9% |
| 1973 | 3 ha | -82.4% |
| 1974 | 10 ha | +233.3% |
| 1975 | 8 ha | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1977 | 1 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 0 ha | — |
| 1990 | 50 ha | — |
| 1991 | 65 ha | +30.0% |
| 1992 | 64 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 21 ha | -67.2% |
| 1994 | 75 ha | +257.1% |
| 1995 | 184 ha | +145.3% |
| 1996 | 187 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 165 ha | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 165 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 165 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 168 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 170 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 173 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 240 ha | +38.7% |
| 2004 | 953 ha | +297.1% |
| 2005 | 864 ha | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 900 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 1,502 ha | +66.9% |
| 2008 | 1,313 ha | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 1,575 ha | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 1,399 ha | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 1,275 ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 1,317 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1,502 ha | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 1,558 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1,186 ha | -23.9% |
| 2016 | 1,412 ha | +19.1% |
| 2017 | 1,448 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 1,141 ha | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 1,503 ha | +31.7% |
| 2020 | 1,618 ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 1,370 ha | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 17,473 ha | +1175.4% |
| 2023 | 14,003 ha | -19.9% |
| 2024 | 14,851 ha | +6.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +1175.4% | 1,370 ha | 17,473 ha |
| 2004 | +297.1% | 240 ha | 953 ha |
| 1994 | +257.1% | 21 ha | 75 ha |
| 1974 | +233.3% | 3 ha | 10 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.67 ha | 5 ha | 25 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.5 ha | 0 ha | 17 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 114.1 ha | 21 ha | 187 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 785.8 ha | 168 ha | 1,575 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,374 ha | 1,141 ha | 1,558 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,863 ha | 1,370 ha | 17,473 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Caribbean was 14,851 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 17,473 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1976.
- How does Caribbean rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 21st out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 853.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.