Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 16,218 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 16,218 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 16,849 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,600 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 16th of 25 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,522 ha | 2,600 ha | 4,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,930 ha | 4,500 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,450 ha | 6,200 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,164 ha | 7,894 ha | 8,427 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,382 ha | 8,427 ha | 14,049 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,472 ha | 14,758 ha | 16,849 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,111 ha | 15,921 ha | 16,218 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 13 China (People’s Republic of) 20,299 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 20,299 ha compare
- 15 Canada 16,070 ha compare
- 16 Greece 15,436 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 10,926 ha compare
- 18 Chile 10,245 ha compare
- 19 Australia 6,776 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 16,218 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,849 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 16th out of 25 regions with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.