Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 26 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda stood at 26 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 50 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 1967.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 158th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 12 ha | — |
| 1967 | 8 ha | -33.3% |
| 1968 | 12 ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 20 ha | +66.7% |
| 1970 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 35 ha | +40.0% |
| 1972 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 14 ha | -65.0% |
| 1974 | 18 ha | +28.6% |
| 1975 | 32 ha | +77.8% |
| 1976 | 28 ha | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 18 ha | -35.7% |
| 1978 | 20 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 50 ha | +150.0% |
| 1980 | 17 ha | -66.0% |
| 1981 | 25 ha | +47.1% |
| 1982 | 33 ha | +32.0% |
| 1983 | 38 ha | +15.2% |
| 1984 | 17 ha | -55.3% |
| 1985 | 20 ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 25 ha | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 28 ha | +12.0% |
| 1989 | 28 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 21 ha | -25.0% |
| 1991 | 30 ha | +42.9% |
| 1992 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 30 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 31 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 32 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 35 ha | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 38 ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 40 ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 42 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 42 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 45 ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 44 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 45 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 46 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 47 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 35 ha | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 25 ha | -28.6% |
| 2018 | 17 ha | -32.0% |
| 2019 | 26 ha | +52.9% |
| 2020 | 30 ha | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 24 ha | -20.0% |
| 2022 | 26 ha | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 27 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 26 ha | -3.7% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 26 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 0% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 26 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 0% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +150.0% | 20 ha | 50 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 ha | 8 ha | 20 ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 28 ha | 14 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.2 ha | 17 ha | 38 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.9 ha | 21 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.8 ha | 30 ha | 42 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37 ha | 17 ha | 47 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.6 ha | 24 ha | 30 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 155 Maldives 35 ha compare
- 156 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32 ha compare
- 157 Suriname 28 ha compare
- 159 Djibouti 9 ha compare
- 160 Barbados 0 ha compare
- 160 Estonia 0 ha
- 160 Ireland 0 ha
- 160 Jordan 0 ha compare
- 160 Latvia 0 ha
- 160 Malta 0 ha
- 160 Saint Lucia 0 ha compare
- 160 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda was 26 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 50 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 1967.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 158th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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.