Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 2.82 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Angola stood at 2.82 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 73.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Angola peaked at 2.82 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 480,000 ha, in 1965.
Angola ranks 12th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 530,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 530,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 520,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 520,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 480,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1966 | 480,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 520,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 600,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 500,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1971 | 520,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 530,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 590,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1974 | 600,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 600,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 800,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 850,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 900,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 865,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 658,000 ha | -23.9% |
| 1991 | 745,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 847,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 1993 | 1.05 million ha | +23.6% |
| 1994 | 816,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 1995 | 600,000 ha | -26.5% |
| 1996 | 569,338 ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 620,126 ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 682,338 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 672,941 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 686,853 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 745,169 ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 815,428 ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 818,445 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.07 million ha | +30.5% |
| 2005 | 1.09 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 1.12 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 1.21 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 883,943 ha | -26.9% |
| 2009 | 1.47 million ha | +65.9% |
| 2010 | 1.49 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1.71 million ha | +14.9% |
| 2012 | 584,732 ha | -65.8% |
| 2013 | 1.64 million ha | +179.8% |
| 2014 | 1.62 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.67 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2.29 million ha | +36.8% |
| 2017 | 2.66 million ha | +16.5% |
| 2018 | 2.64 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 2.64 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2.70 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 2.74 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 2.76 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2.78 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 2.82 million ha | +1.3% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 2.82 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 11.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Angola's 2.82 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 10.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +179.8% | 584,732 ha | 1.64 million ha |
| 2012 | -65.8% | 1.71 million ha | 584,732 ha |
| 2009 | +65.9% | 883,943 ha | 1.47 million ha |
| 2016 | +36.8% | 1.67 million ha | 2.29 million ha |
| 1986 | +33.3% | 600,000 ha | 800,000 ha |
| 2004 | +30.5% | 818,445 ha | 1.07 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 520,000 ha | 480,000 ha | 600,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 574,000 ha | 500,000 ha | 600,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 701,500 ha | 600,000 ha | 900,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 725,774 ha | 569,338 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 990,707 ha | 686,853 ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.90 million ha | 584,732 ha | 2.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 million ha | 2.70 million ha | 2.82 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 585,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 3.40 million ha compare
- 10 USSR 2.97 million ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 442,378 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 2.86 million ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 442,121 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 103,603 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 2.64 million ha compare
- 14 Indonesia 2.55 million ha compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 56,314 ha compare
- 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 40,479 ha compare
- 15 Philippines 2.46 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Angola?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Angola was 2.82 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 2.82 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 480,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Angola rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 12th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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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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.