Maize (corn) — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Maize (corn) — Area harvested is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 44.78 million ha in China; the lowest is 0 ha in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 96,763 ha, and the mean is 1.27 million ha.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 2,133.3%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Maize (corn) — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 44.78 million ha | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 44.74 million ha | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 21.19 million ha | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 4 | India | 11.35 million ha | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.74 million ha | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Argentina | 8.74 million ha | 2024 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.11 million ha | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Mexico | 6.57 million ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 862,053 ha | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 5.50 million ha | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 789,379 ha | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 8 | Ukraine | 4.07 million ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 652,727 ha | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 3.40 million ha | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 585,000 ha | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 10 | USSR | 2.97 million ha | 1991 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 11 | Mozambique | 2.86 million ha | 2024 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 442,378 ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 2.82 million ha | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 442,121 ha | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 13 | South Africa | 2.64 million ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 103,603 ha | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Indonesia | 2.55 million ha | 2024 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 56,314 ha | 2024 | up 128.7% | falling |
| 15 | Philippines | 2.46 million ha | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 15 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 40,479 ha | 2024 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Kenya | 2.41 million ha | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 33,919 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 17 | Russian Federation | 2.39 million ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Melanesia | 5,259 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 18 | Uganda | 2.30 million ha | 2024 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia | 63 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 63 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.17 million ha | 1991 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 20 | Romania | 2.11 million ha | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 21 | Benin | 1.76 million ha | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Mali | 1.60 million ha | 2024 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 1.59 million ha | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 24 | Malawi | 1.50 million ha | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 24 | Pakistan | 1.50 million ha | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 640,000 ha | 2024 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 392,421 ha | 2024 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 1.45 million ha | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 1.37 million ha | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 1.28 million ha | 2024 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.22 million ha | 2005 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 124 ha | 2024 | down 99.6% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 1.20 million ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 1.10 million ha | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Guatemala | 1.00 million ha | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 33 | Ethiopia PDR | 999,190 ha | 1992 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 987,492 ha | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 35 | Thailand | 977,974 ha | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 36 | Egypt | 950,000 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 36 | Paraguay | 950,000 ha | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Nepal | 916,044 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 883,060 ha | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 869,536 ha | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 804,000 ha | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Zambia | 684,402 ha | 2024 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 43 | Guinea | 650,000 ha | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Myanmar | 521,862 ha | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 503,030 ha | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 46 | Germany | 498,400 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 496,681 ha | 2024 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Italy | 495,350 ha | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 49 | Burundi | 481,036 ha | 2024 | up 394.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 461,207 ha | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 385,280 ha | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 52 | Colombia | 342,966 ha | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 342,024 ha | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Chad | 309,589 ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Belarus | 300,000 ha | 2024 | up 168.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Spain | 288,900 ha | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 57 | Senegal | 275,000 ha | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 273,835 ha | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 273,160 ha | 2024 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 270,000 ha | 2024 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 61 | El Salvador | 254,525 ha | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 249,854 ha | 2023 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 63 | Haiti | 227,436 ha | 2024 | down 48.2% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 226,768 ha | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Austria | 208,020 ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 66 | Czechoslovakia | 180,771 ha | 1992 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 67 | South Sudan | 162,707 ha | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 162,165 ha | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 69 | Slovakia | 147,280 ha | 2024 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 70 | Madagascar | 144,592 ha | 2024 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 135,000 ha | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Uruguay | 123,785 ha | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 121,966 ha | 2024 | down 28.2% | flat |
| 74 | Cuba | 115,000 ha | 2024 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 109,937 ha | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 76 | Morocco | 101,364 ha | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 77 | Iraq | 100,000 ha | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Somalia | 100,000 ha | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 79 | Greece | 99,240 ha | 2024 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 80 | Australia and New Zealand | 96,763 ha | 2024 | up 30.9% | flat |
| 81 | Lesotho | 89,206 ha | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 82 | Czechia | 87,480 ha | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 75,132 ha | 2024 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 72,751 ha | 2024 | up 104.4% | falling |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 72,701 ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Eswatini | 70,000 ha | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 87 | Georgia | 68,900 ha | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 88 | Portugal | 65,160 ha | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Belgium | 60,250 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Albania | 57,612 ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 91 | Chile | 49,132 ha | 2024 | down 58.2% | rising |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 47,716 ha | 2024 | up 97.0% | falling |
| 93 | Slovenia | 41,860 ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 94 | Yemen | 37,006 ha | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 95 | China, Taiwan Province of | 36,649 ha | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Niger | 36,455 ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 33,488 ha | 1999 | up 385.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Namibia | 32,215 ha | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 99 | Sudan (former) | 31,080 ha | 2011 | down 56.7% | rising |
| 100 | Botswana | 30,000 ha | 2024 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Gabon | 29,446 ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 28,334 ha | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 103 | Mauritania | 28,000 ha | 2024 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 27,991 ha | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 105 | Gambia | 27,688 ha | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Belize | 27,459 ha | 2024 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 107 | Sudan | 22,847 ha | 2024 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 22,184 ha | 2024 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 109 | New Zealand | 21,631 ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 21,465 ha | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 111 | Eritrea | 20,000 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 16,108 ha | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Switzerland | 15,708 ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 114 | Republic of Korea | 15,578 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 15,000 ha | 2024 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14,520 ha | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Lithuania | 14,190 ha | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Congo | 13,000 ha | 2024 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 119 | Comoros | 11,691 ha | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 9,453 ha | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Denmark | 9,100 ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 122 | Bhutan | 7,531 ha | 2024 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 4,238 ha | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Guyana | 2,933 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 125 | Israel | 2,783 ha | 2024 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 2,391 ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Sweden | 2,290 ha | 2024 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 2,277 ha | 2024 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Algeria | 2,000 ha | 2024 | up 103.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Réunion | 1,900 ha | 2006 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kuwait | 1,780 ha | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Jamaica | 1,774 ha | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 133 | Libya | 1,713 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 134 | Lebanon | 1,669 ha | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 1,549 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 136 | Armenia | 1,214 ha | 2024 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 137 | Montenegro | 950 ha | 2024 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 900 ha | 2024 | up 397.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Fiji | 730 ha | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 140 | New Caledonia | 589 ha | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 141 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 500 ha | 1980 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Oman | 493 ha | 2024 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 397 ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Malaysia | 315 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 250 ha | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 146 | Grenada | 178 ha | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 147 | Dominica | 115 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritius | 108 ha | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 149 | French Guiana | 90 ha | 2006 | up 119.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Qatar | 83 ha | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Bahamas | 78 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 67 ha | 2024 | up 2,133.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Japan | 63 ha | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Guadeloupe | 50 ha | 1977 | down 88.8% | falling |
| 155 | Maldives | 35 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32 ha | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Suriname | 28 ha | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26 ha | 2024 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 159 | Djibouti | 9 ha | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 160 | Barbados | 0 ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Jordan | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0 ha | 1980 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 209.95 million ha
- Asia 69.09 million ha
- Americas 77.14 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 33.37 million ha
- Africa 46.53 million ha
- Middle Africa 7.75 million ha
- Eastern Asia 45.38 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 41.14 million ha
- Northern America 35.00 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 34.09 million ha
- United States of America 33.55 million ha
- South America 33.22 million ha
- Eastern Africa 21.03 million ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 489,437 ha
- Europe 17.09 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 16.66 million ha
- Southern Asia 14.52 million ha
- Western Africa 13.82 million ha
- Eastern Europe 12.21 million ha
- European Union (27) 8.67 million ha
- Central America 8.52 million ha
- South-Eastern Asia 7.73 million ha
- Southern Africa 2.86 million ha
- Southern Europe 2.46 million ha
- Western Europe 2.39 million ha
- Western Asia 1.10 million ha
- Northern Africa 1.08 million ha
- Central Asia 368,594 ha
- Oceania 102,084 ha
- Northern Europe 25,580 ha
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.