Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 1,989 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Israel, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Israel stood at 1,989 ha. That is the lowest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.5% on the previous year and down 58.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Israel peaked at 6,950 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1,989 ha, in 2024.
Israel ranks 28th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 4,100 ha | — |
| 1989 | 5,200 ha | +26.8% |
| 1990 | 6,930 ha | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 6,480 ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 6,010 ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 5,540 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 6,210 ha | +12.1% |
| 1995 | 6,950 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 6,450 ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 4,960 ha | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 5,940 ha | +19.8% |
| 1999 | 5,840 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 5,590 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 4,800 ha | -14.1% |
| 2002 | 5,260 ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 5,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 4,900 ha | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 4,630 ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 4,410 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 4,900 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 5,360 ha | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 3,220 ha | -39.9% |
| 2010 | 2,960 ha | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 2,850 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 3,340 ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 4,880 ha | +46.1% |
| 2014 | 4,800 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 4,430 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 3,490 ha | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 3,802 ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 3,237 ha | -14.9% |
| 2019 | 3,350 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 3,211 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 2,989 ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 2,248 ha | -24.8% |
| 2023 | 2,326 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 1,989 ha | -14.5% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 1,989 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 2.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,650 ha | 4,100 ha | 5,200 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 6,131 ha | 4,960 ha | 6,950 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,847 ha | 3,220 ha | 5,590 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,714 ha | 2,850 ha | 4,880 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,553 ha | 1,989 ha | 3,211 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Israel?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Israel was 1,989 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 6,950 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,989 ha in 2024.
- How does Israel rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 28th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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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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.