Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 58,615 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — area harvested in Europe is 58,615 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Europe peaked at 123,297 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Europe 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 2,343 ha | — |
| 1983 | 2,753 ha | +17.5% |
| 1984 | 3,867 ha | +40.5% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 4,810 ha | +20.2% |
| 1987 | 5,420 ha | +12.7% |
| 1988 | 21,571 ha | +298.0% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1990 | 34,773 ha | +39.1% |
| 1991 | 38,787 ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 36,887 ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 34,641 ha | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 38,255 ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 45,521 ha | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 45,856 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 49,967 ha | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 51,783 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 54,720 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 77,846 ha | +42.3% |
| 2001 | 81,869 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 93,796 ha | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 102,960 ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 94,347 ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 86,509 ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 93,250 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 99,326 ha | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 109,509 ha | +10.3% |
| 2009 | 98,594 ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 95,065 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 105,871 ha | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 103,230 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 105,189 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 109,918 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 123,297 ha | +12.2% |
| 2016 | 122,759 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 120,147 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 55,137 ha | -54.1% |
| 2019 | 55,901 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 62,930 ha | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 55,633 ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 57,522 ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 59,179 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 58,615 ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +298.0% | 5,420 ha | 21,571 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,976 ha | 0 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,119 ha | 34,641 ha | 54,720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,801 ha | 77,846 ha | 109,509 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 99,651 ha | 55,137 ha | 123,297 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,776 ha | 55,633 ha | 62,930 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Europe?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Europe was 58,615 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 123,297 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.