Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 72,988 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Central America, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Central America stood at 72,988 ha.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Central America peaked at 77,932 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,403 ha, in 1981.
That places Central America 7th out of 25 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14,624 ha | 5,403 ha | 18,282 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,627 ha | 17,232 ha | 29,429 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,875 ha | 30,645 ha | 72,674 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,712 ha | 56,932 ha | 73,037 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,958 ha | 72,161 ha | 77,932 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 4 Mexico 70,414 ha compare
- 5 Peru 45,230 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 38,975 ha compare
- 7 Thailand 37,109 ha compare
- 8 Hungary 36,623 ha compare
- 9 Croatia, Republic of 28,700 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 25,110 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 32,019 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Central America?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Central America was 72,988 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 77,932 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,403 ha in 1981.
- How does Central America rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 7th out of 25 regions with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.