Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 38,975 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in South Africa, 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 South Africa is 38,975 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 40,080 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 29,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 1988 | 28,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25,503 ha | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 27,760 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 27,690 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 27,332 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 29,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 29,061 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 29,187 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 30,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 30,278 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 31,031 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 31,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 30,930 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 30,735 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 33,500 ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 33,264 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 33,146 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 32,500 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 33,624 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 33,983 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 34,275 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 34,342 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 34,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 34,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 35,500 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 35,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 36,748 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 36,257 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 37,498 ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 37,289 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 38,095 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 39,353 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 39,208 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 39,458 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 40,080 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 38,975 ha | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,111 ha | 15,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,800 ha | 18,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,200 ha | 20,000 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,684 ha | 25,503 ha | 31,031 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,696 ha | 30,735 ha | 34,275 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,923 ha | 34,000 ha | 38,095 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,415 ha | 38,975 ha | 40,080 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
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- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in South Africa?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in South Africa was 38,975 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 40,080 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.