Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 37,109 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 37,109 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 38,295 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 7th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,900 ha | +16.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 3,250 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 3,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 3,750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 4,250 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 4,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 5,850 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 6,250 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 7,040 ha | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 6,357 ha | -9.7% |
| 1985 | 7,057 ha | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 7,500 ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,500 ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 9,500 ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 11,500 ha | +21.1% |
| 1991 | 12,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 14,600 ha | +16.8% |
| 1993 | 17,500 ha | +19.9% |
| 1994 | 21,359 ha | +22.1% |
| 1995 | 20,495 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 21,543 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 27,991 ha | +29.9% |
| 1998 | 28,217 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 27,321 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 22,580 ha | -17.4% |
| 2001 | 34,853 ha | +54.4% |
| 2002 | 36,032 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 34,617 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 38,295 ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 34,424 ha | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 26,634 ha | -22.6% |
| 2007 | 34,292 ha | +28.8% |
| 2008 | 35,365 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 28,397 ha | -19.7% |
| 2010 | 29,386 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 30,585 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 30,072 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 30,331 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 29,600 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 34,917 ha | +18.0% |
| 2016 | 36,160 ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 35,735 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 35,524 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 35,898 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 36,269 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 37,204 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 37,224 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 36,899 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 37,109 ha | +0.6% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 37,109 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 ha, 15.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 37,109 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,538 ha, 2.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +54.4% | 22,580 ha | 34,853 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,167 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,055 ha | 4,250 ha | 5,850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,180 ha | 6,000 ha | 9,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,303 ha | 11,500 ha | 28,217 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,549 ha | 22,580 ha | 38,295 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,821 ha | 29,386 ha | 36,160 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,941 ha | 36,269 ha | 37,224 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 4 Mexico 70,414 ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 25,110 ha compare
- 5 Peru 45,230 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 14,328 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,469 ha compare
- 6 South Africa 38,975 ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 599 ha compare
- 8 Hungary 36,623 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 57 ha compare
- 9 Croatia 28,700 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 0 ha
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 76,532 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 25,110 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Thailand?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Thailand was 37,109 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 38,295 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 7th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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.