Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 54 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 54 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 60 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1961.
Samoa ranks 46th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 15 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 18 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 22 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 23 ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 25 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 27 ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 28 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 32 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 35 ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 37 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 38 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 42 ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 44 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 46 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 48 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 50 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 52 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 50 ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 48 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 45 ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 47 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 45 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 42 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 39 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 40 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 41 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 40 ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 42 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 45 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 51 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 59 ha | +15.7% |
| 2010 | 60 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 55 ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 53 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 59 ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 56 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 56 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 55 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 54 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 54 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 54 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 54 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 54 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 54 ha | +0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 54 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 ha, 2% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 54 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,538 ha, 0% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.56 ha | 10 ha | 25 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28.1 ha | 25 ha | 35 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.2 ha | 37 ha | 52 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.6 ha | 39 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.8 ha | 40 ha | 59 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.8 ha | 53 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 54 ha | 54 ha | 54 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Samoa?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Samoa was 54 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 60 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 46th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.