Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 41,173 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Asia stood at 41,173 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 44,331 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 24,400 ha, in 1968.
That places Eastern Asia 15th out of 26 groups 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 25,600 ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 25,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 25,900 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 26,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 26,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 24,400 ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 24,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 27,300 ha | +10.5% |
| 1971 | 27,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 26,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 27,100 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 27,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 27,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 27,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 29,200 ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 30,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 28,700 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 30,400 ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 34,700 ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 36,800 ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 37,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 37,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 36,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 36,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 39,500 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 39,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 39,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 41,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 41,292 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 40,700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 40,878 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 39,300 ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 36,618 ha | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 31,000 ha | -15.3% |
| 1997 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 31,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 30,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 29,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 28,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 29,800 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 29,078 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 28,356 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 27,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 28,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 30,900 ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 32,600 ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 32,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 33,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 34,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 34,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 35,400 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 42,493 ha | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 40,171 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 40,652 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 40,967 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 42,814 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 44,331 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 42,171 ha | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 41,772 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 41,758 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 41,067 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 41,173 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,767 ha | 24,400 ha | 26,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,820 ha | 26,000 ha | 30,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,880 ha | 30,400 ha | 39,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,399 ha | 30,000 ha | 41,292 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,683 ha | 27,400 ha | 32,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,863 ha | 33,300 ha | 44,331 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,588 ha | 41,067 ha | 42,171 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 41,173 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 44,331 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,400 ha in 1968.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.