Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 152,208 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Northern America stood at 152,208 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 332,241 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 152,208 ha, in 2024.
That places Northern America 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 283,407 ha | 250,934 ha | 313,846 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 282,870 ha | 270,190 ha | 309,792 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 279,480 ha | 253,274 ha | 296,501 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 319,183 ha | 307,284 ha | 332,241 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 285,804 ha | 261,420 ha | 313,959 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 221,938 ha | 174,338 ha | 257,330 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 163,582 ha | 152,208 ha | 171,416 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 52.13 million ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 10.56 million An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 52.11 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 2,256 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 1.13 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 20,080 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 22.70 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 117.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Northern America?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Northern America was 152,208 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 332,241 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 152,208 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern America rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.