Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
146
Highest
19.43 ha per square kilometre
Burundi
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
0.7049 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,120
What the numbers show
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 19.43 ha per square kilometre in Burundi; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7049 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.28 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 4,371.4%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 19.43 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 306.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Malawi | 18.99 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 3 | Benin | 18.41 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Togo | 14.86 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Rwanda | 12.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 6 | El Salvador | 12.34 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 7 | Uganda | 11.3 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Serbia | 10.98 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 9 | Guatemala | 10.78 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 9.54 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 11 | Philippines | 8.52 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 12 | Haiti | 8.48 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 13 | Hungary | 8.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 14 | Ukraine | 6.86 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Nepal | 6.56 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 16 | Nigeria | 6.26 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Comoros | 6.12 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Ghana | 5.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 4.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 20 | Lesotho | 4.92 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.3% | falling |
| 21 | Croatia | 4.81 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 22 | China | 4.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 4.46 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Kenya | 4.18 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 4.1 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Eswatini | 4.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 3.82 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.0% | volatile |
| 28 | India | 3.71 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 29 | Honduras | 3.45 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 30 | Mozambique | 3.42 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Mexico | 3.31 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 2.99 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 2.96 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 34 | Slovakia | 2.88 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 2.82 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 36 | Brazil | 2.67 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 37 | Guinea | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Gambia | 2.6 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Austria | 2.57 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 40 | Cameroon | 2.54 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 41 | France | 2.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 42 | Paraguay | 2.23 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Angola | 2.23 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovenia | 2.2 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 45 | South Africa | 2.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 2.13 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 47 | Nicaragua | 2.08 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 48 | Albania | 2.03 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 50 | Thailand | 1.94 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 51 | Zambia | 1.91 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 52 | Belgium | 1.73 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 1.69 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 54 | Senegal | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Cambodia | 1.43 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Germany | 1.33 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Indonesia | 1.31 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 58 | Ecuador | 1.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 59 | Belize | 1.29 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 60 | Mali | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 1.23 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 1.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 63 | Grenada | 1.15 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 64 | Cuba | 1.11 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 65 | Uruguay | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Georgia | 1.04 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 67 | Greece | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 68 | Egypt | 0.9813 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 69 | Belarus | 0.8868 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 0.8823 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.0% | falling |
| 71 | Myanmar | 0.8706 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Czechia | 0.8342 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 0.823 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.5869 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5334 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Spain | 0.4801 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 77 | Central African Republic | 0.4431 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 224.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4094 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Switzerland | 0.3967 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 0.3853 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 81 | Peru | 0.355 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0.3462 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 0.2881 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 84 | Chad | 0.2546 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Madagascar | 0.2533 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 86 | South Sudan | 0.2244 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 0.2215 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Iraq | 0.2046 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Afghanistan | 0.1947 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Morocco | 0.1875 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 91 | Denmark | 0.1875 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 92 | Jamaica | 0.1855 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 93 | Bhutan | 0.1819 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 94 | Lithuania | 0.1799 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Canada | 0.1728 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 96 | Eritrea | 0.165 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 97 | Somalia | 0.1594 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 98 | Dominica | 0.1533 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 0.1392 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.9% | falling |
| 100 | Israel | 0.1365 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 0.1276 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 102 | Maldives | 0.1174 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1154 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Gabon | 0.1145 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 0.1021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 106 | Lebanon | 0.0978 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Botswana | 0.0948 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Kuwait | 0.0869 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 0.0768 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Namibia | 0.0758 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 188.5% | rising |
| 111 | New Zealand | 0.0718 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 0.0705 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 113 | Chile | 0.0674 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.9% | rising |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 0.066 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 115 | Mauritius | 0.0646 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0614 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 117 | Montenegro | 0.0474 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Yemen | 0.0466 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.5% | rising |
| 119 | Congo | 0.0381 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Barbados | 0.0349 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Armenia | 0.0297 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.9% | falling |
| 122 | Mauritania | 0.0252 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Niger | 0.0242 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Fiji | 0.0184 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 125 | New Caledonia | 0.0166 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Guyana | 0.0139 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 0.0135 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0132 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,371.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Sudan | 0.0127 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 130 | Australia | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 131 | Qatar | 0.0084 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Bahamas | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Sweden | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Oman | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 138 | Libya | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 139 | Algeria | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 440.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Malaysia | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Djibouti | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 142 | Japan | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Suriname | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Jordan | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 1980 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.63 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.