Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 32,622 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 32,622 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 54,878 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,612 ha, in 1991.
Southern Europe ranks 18th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,836 ha | — |
| 1991 | 3,612 ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 5,541 ha | +53.4% |
| 1993 | 3,878 ha | -30.0% |
| 1994 | 4,191 ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 4,532 ha | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 5,997 ha | +32.3% |
| 1997 | 8,643 ha | +44.1% |
| 1998 | 7,452 ha | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 7,252 ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 28,460 ha | +292.4% |
| 2001 | 27,265 ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 26,092 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 28,039 ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 30,989 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 28,996 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 30,867 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 34,844 ha | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 42,592 ha | +22.2% |
| 2009 | 42,484 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 45,708 ha | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 46,798 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 42,697 ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 44,374 ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 39,954 ha | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 54,878 ha | +37.4% |
| 2016 | 48,699 ha | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 45,891 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 27,751 ha | -39.5% |
| 2019 | 28,328 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 32,605 ha | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 27,733 ha | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 31,372 ha | +13.1% |
| 2023 | 31,290 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 32,622 ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,493 ha | 3,612 ha | 8,643 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,063 ha | 26,092 ha | 42,592 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,508 ha | 27,751 ha | 54,878 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,124 ha | 27,733 ha | 32,622 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Southern Europe was 32,622 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 54,878 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,612 ha in 1991.
- How does Southern Europe rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.