Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 136,138 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 136,138 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 300,190 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 136,138 ha, in 2024.
That places United States of America 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 263,297 ha | — |
| 1962 | 263,030 ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 242,630 ha | -7.8% |
| 1964 | 222,934 ha | -8.1% |
| 1965 | 233,205 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 259,161 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 267,655 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 280,346 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 258,105 ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 244,285 ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 246,612 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 247,757 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 257,336 ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 258,813 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 278,460 ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 261,050 ha | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 255,264 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 247,148 ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 241,772 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 224,941 ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 236,616 ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 256,160 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 239,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 250,982 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 253,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 242,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 253,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 253,650 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 260,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 276,590 ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 295,040 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 286,350 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 275,860 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 300,190 ha | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 286,960 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 284,080 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 284,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 285,180 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 284,740 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 283,121 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 280,078 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 268,240 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 268,390 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 258,921 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 256,780 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 244,028 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 243,462 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 240,340 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 249,350 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 236,860 ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 230,550 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 233,840 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 219,880 ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 211,790 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 163,040 ha | -23.0% |
| 2016 | 193,610 ha | +18.8% |
| 2017 | 188,020 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 191,860 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 158,111 ha | -17.6% |
| 2020 | 150,828 ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 154,592 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 148,764 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 145,081 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 136,138 ha | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 254,485 ha | 222,934 ha | 280,346 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 253,850 ha | 241,772 ha | 278,460 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 247,005 ha | 224,941 ha | 260,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 285,916 ha | 275,860 ha | 300,190 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 259,271 ha | 240,340 ha | 283,121 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 202,756 ha | 158,111 ha | 236,860 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,081 ha | 136,138 ha | 154,592 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
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- 7 Thailand 37,109 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
- 11 Japan 20,874 ha compare
- 12 France 20,568 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in United States of America?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in United States of America was 136,138 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 300,190 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 136,138 ha in 2024.
- How does United States of America rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of 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.