Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in World
World: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 1.07 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in World, 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 World is 1.07 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in World peaked at 1.18 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 679,146 ha, in 1979.
That places World 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 761,537 ha | — |
| 1962 | 755,689 ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 724,403 ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 752,208 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 745,716 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 803,687 ha | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 829,887 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 869,663 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 858,186 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 880,544 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 848,659 ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 814,736 ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 829,389 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 788,560 ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 870,998 ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 755,404 ha | -13.3% |
| 1977 | 724,606 ha | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 682,675 ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 679,146 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 697,737 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 702,270 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 766,904 ha | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 783,667 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 803,911 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 855,200 ha | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 837,032 ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 813,694 ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 910,485 ha | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 930,169 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 933,805 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 997,937 ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 970,062 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 975,795 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 1.05 million ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 1.04 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1.03 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.03 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.05 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.05 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.07 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1.09 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.09 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1.12 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 1.12 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.13 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1.08 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1.10 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.13 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 1.13 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1.12 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.14 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 1.15 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1.14 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.15 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.12 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 1.17 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 1.18 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.12 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 1.10 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 1.07 million ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 1.08 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.08 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.07 million ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 788,997 ha | 724,403 ha | 869,663 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 787,472 ha | 679,146 ha | 880,544 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 810,107 ha | 697,737 ha | 930,169 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 million ha | 933,805 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.14 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in World?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in World was 1.07 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 679,146 ha in 1979.
- How does World rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.