Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 135,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Afghanistan stood at 135,000 ha.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 543,000 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 72,433 ha, in 2018.
Afghanistan ranks 79th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 495,333 ha | 453,000 ha | 543,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 475,820 ha | 452,000 ha | 500,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 356,250 ha | 270,000 ha | 450,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240,300 ha | 160,000 ha | 320,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 158,800 ha | 80,000 ha | 261,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 137,674 ha | 72,433 ha | 183,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 136,116 ha | 127,000 ha | 140,498 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 76 Kazakhstan 162,165 ha compare
- 77 Slovakia 147,280 ha compare
- 78 Madagascar 144,592 ha compare
- 80 Uruguay 123,785 ha compare
- 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 121,966 ha compare
- 82 Cuba 115,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Afghanistan was 135,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 543,000 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,433 ha in 2018.
- How does Afghanistan rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 79th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.