Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in South America
South America: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 65,096 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 65,096 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in South America peaked at 79,615 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 42,260 ha, in 1981.
That places South America 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,840 ha | 54,180 ha | 79,615 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,926 ha | 53,460 ha | 74,602 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,358 ha | 42,260 ha | 59,624 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,522 ha | 52,528 ha | 74,860 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,975 ha | 63,888 ha | 76,786 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,565 ha | 59,092 ha | 65,635 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,011 ha | 63,747 ha | 69,919 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Croatia 28,700 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 25,110 ha compare
- 11 Japan 20,874 ha compare
- 12 France 20,568 ha compare
- 13 China (People’s Republic of) 20,299 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 20,299 ha compare
- 15 Canada 16,070 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 524,052 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in South America?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in South America was 65,096 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 79,615 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,260 ha in 1981.
- How does South America rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- South America ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South 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.