Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 38,975 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 38,975 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 40,080 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 16th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Southern 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 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 13 China (People’s Republic of) 20,299 ha compare
- 13 China, mainland 20,299 ha compare
- 15 Canada 16,070 ha compare
- 16 Greece 15,436 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 10,926 ha compare
- 18 Chile 10,245 ha compare
- 19 Australia 6,776 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 40,080 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.