Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per unit of GDP by country
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
144
Highest
0.0002 ha per US$ of GDP
Burundi
Lowest
0 ha per US$ of GDP
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
0 ha per US$ of GDP
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,746
What the numbers show
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 0.0002 ha per US$ of GDP in Burundi; the lowest is 0 ha per US$ of GDP in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 ha per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 ha per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 1,715.4%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 0.0002 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 340.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Malawi | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 32.8% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Benin | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Togo | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Mali | 0.0001 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Uganda | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Lesotho | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Angola | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 158.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Zambia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Guinea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Rwanda | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Cameroon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Nigeria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 19 | Paraguay | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Nepal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Kenya | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Ghana | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Chad | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Gambia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Serbia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 30 | Honduras | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Eritrea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Haiti | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Guatemala | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Belize | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Senegal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Somalia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Madagascar | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 40 | El Salvador | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Comoros | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Myanmar | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 44 | South Africa | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Romania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Philippines | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Cambodia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Pakistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Hungary | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Belarus | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Mexico | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 55 | India | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Mauritania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Egypt | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 59 | China | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Namibia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Bhutan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Ecuador | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Albania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Georgia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Niger | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Thailand | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Indonesia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Peru | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Botswana | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Yemen | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Uruguay | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Gabon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Poland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 77 | Cuba | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Slovakia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Congo | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Colombia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Canada | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Morocco | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovenia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 89 | France | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Sudan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 92 | Austria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Greece | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Iraq | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Panama | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Czechia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 99 | Italy | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Portugal | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Spain | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Dominica | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Lithuania | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Chile | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Grenada | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Fiji | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Guyana | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Montenegro | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Germany | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 110 | Belgium | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 111 | New Zealand | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Jamaica | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Lebanon | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Armenia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Australia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Libya | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Denmark | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 123 | Switzerland | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Kuwait | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Algeria | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritius | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Suriname | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Israel | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Maldives | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Bahamas | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Oman | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Sweden | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 135 | Luxembourg | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Djibouti | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 137 | United Arab Emirates | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 282.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Malaysia | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,715.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Qatar | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Japan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Barbados | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Jordan | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha per US$ of GDP | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0 ha per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.