Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
181
Highest
116.62 % change on previous year
Fiji
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
11,528
What the numbers show
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 116.62 % change on previous year in Fiji; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.515 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in United Republic of Tanzania (up 5,778.0%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 5,272.4%).
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji | 116.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 473.4% | volatile |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 93.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 575.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Lebanon | 66.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 404.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Belarus | 66.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 250.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 51.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,158.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Yemen | 50.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 904.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Montenegro | 48.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 243.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 47.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 488.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Armenia | 45.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 621.6% | volatile |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 36.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 5,778.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Czechia | 35.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,783.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Malaysia | 35.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 27.33 % change on previous year | 1999 | up 4,064.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Réunion | 26.16 % change on previous year | 2006 | up 1,062.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Lithuania | 26.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Suriname | 21.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Denmark | 21.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 201.1% | volatile |
| 18 | France | 21.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,232.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Morocco | 21.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 192.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 20.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 480.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Niger | 18.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 18.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 273.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 567.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Sudan (former) | 17.46 % change on previous year | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Sweden | 16.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Kuwait | 14.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Melanesia | 14.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 630.9% | volatile |
| 29 | South Sudan | 14.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 207.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Hungary | 14.58 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 454.0% | volatile |
| 31 | New Zealand | 14.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Belgium | 14.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 196.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 13.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 167.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 12.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 175.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Iraq | 12.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 122.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 12.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 176.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Czechoslovakia | 8.61 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Bhutan | 8.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 731.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 8.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,720.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Argentina | 7.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,497.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Mauritania | 7.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Paraguay | 7.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 133.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Rwanda | 7.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Serbia | 6.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Germany | 6.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 317.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Mozambique | 6.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 689.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Slovakia | 6.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 363.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 6.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 159.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Mali | 5.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Ghana | 5.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,311.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Gambia | 5.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 54 | USSR | 4.76 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Panama | 3.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 361.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Albania | 3.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 58 | India | 2.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Indonesia | 2.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 621.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Comoros | 2.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Ukraine | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 157.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Oman | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Mexico | 2.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 511.4% | volatile |
| 65 | South Africa | 1.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Poland | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Croatia | 1.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Peru | 1.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Uganda | 1.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 855.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 228.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Angola | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 281.4% | volatile |
| 72 | China, mainland | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 73 | China | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 0.7695 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 0.6231 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4622 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Switzerland | 0.2169 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.1293 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Guyana | 0.1024 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Cameroon | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Congo | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Djibouti | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Dominica | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Japan | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Maldives | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Somalia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Eswatini | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Micronesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 1980 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Bangladesh | -0.0405 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Gabon | -0.1594 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 108.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Honduras | -0.3236 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Vanuatu | -0.3859 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 101 | El Salvador | -0.4868 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 107.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Cuba | -0.4889 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 111.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Togo | -0.495 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Caribbean | -0.5714 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 107.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Italy | -0.6219 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Kenya | -0.6366 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 107 | China, Taiwan Province of | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 103.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Senegal | -1.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 113.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Bahamas | -1.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Thailand | -1.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Chile | -1.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Austria | -1.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 126.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -1.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Madagascar | -1.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Viet Nam | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 389.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Libya | -2.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 120.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Central African Republic | -2.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 113.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | -2.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | -2.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,776.0% | volatile |
| 121 | North Macedonia | -2.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Nepal | -2.58 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 127.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Haiti | -2.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 123.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Egypt | -2.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 418.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Republic of Korea | -2.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 572.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Yugoslav SFR | -2.83 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 165.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Philippines | -3.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 278.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Australia | -3.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Chad | -3.42 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Nigeria | -3.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 134.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Burundi | -3.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | -3.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 266.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | -3.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 776.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Sudan | -4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.9% | volatile |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | -4.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | -4.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 419.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Canada | -4.58 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Georgia | -4.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Brazil | -5.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 604.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Slovenia | -5.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Israel | -5.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 242.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Bulgaria | -5.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Belize | -6.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Russian Federation | -6.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 157.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Myanmar | -8.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 297.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Republic of Moldova | -8.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 598.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Pakistan | -8.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 287.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | -9.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Cambodia | -10.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Jamaica | -11.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Guatemala | -13.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,821.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Ethiopia PDR | -13.44 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Nicaragua | -13.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 163.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Qatar | -13.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 132.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Portugal | -13.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 265.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Ecuador | -14.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 568.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | -14.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 189.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Benin | -15.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 300.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Malawi | -16.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,078.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Mauritius | -16.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | -17.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Türkiye | -17.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3,160.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Colombia | -19.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | -20.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Greece | -23.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Syrian Arab Republic | -28.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -28.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 163.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Uruguay | -34.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 618.1% | volatile |
| 169 | French Guiana | -37.06 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Lesotho | -40.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 251.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Botswana | -44.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 133.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Puerto Rico | -44.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Namibia | -48.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 178.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Guadeloupe | -50 % change on previous year | 1977 | down 159.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Zambia | -51.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 349.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Grenada | -54.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,772.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Cabo Verde | -99.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 4,463.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Barbados | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Jordan | -100 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 415.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Lucia | -100 % change on previous year | 1980 | down 833.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Trinidad and Tobago | -100 % change on previous year | 2004 | down 5,272.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 23.4 % change on previous year
- Western Europe 15.16 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) 4.51 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe 3.85 % change on previous year
- Europe 2.75 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.75 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 2.6 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 1.19 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 1.18 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia 1.16 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.13 % change on previous year
- Oceania 0.7978 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.6954 % change on previous year
- Asia 0.575 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe 0.3839 % change on previous year
- Africa 0.3312 % change on previous year
- Central America -0.1729 % change on previous year
- World -0.5424 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa -0.9328 % change on previous year
- South-eastern Asia -1.47 % change on previous year
- South America -1.78 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa -2.19 % change on previous year
- Americas -2.71 % change on previous year
- Western Africa -2.79 % change on previous year
- Central Asia -3.13 % change on previous year
- United States of America -4.18 % change on previous year
- Northern America -4.2 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) -5.84 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -7.19 % change on previous year
- Western Asia -13.35 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.