Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 75,132 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 75,132 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Australia peaked at 102,872 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 37,730 ha, in 2020.
That places Australia 83rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,780 ha | — |
| 1962 | 85,201 ha | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 84,776 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 86,909 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 85,923 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 79,600 ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 81,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 81,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 66,516 ha | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 79,605 ha | +19.7% |
| 1971 | 85,635 ha | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 78,193 ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 59,259 ha | -24.2% |
| 1974 | 45,606 ha | -23.0% |
| 1975 | 51,395 ha | +12.7% |
| 1976 | 46,763 ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 53,022 ha | +13.4% |
| 1978 | 45,361 ha | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 50,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 54,063 ha | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 56,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 61,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 64,253 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 68,422 ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 102,872 ha | +50.3% |
| 1986 | 84,214 ha | -18.1% |
| 1987 | 57,662 ha | -31.5% |
| 1988 | 55,554 ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 51,704 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 52,301 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 48,500 ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 52,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 44,908 ha | -13.6% |
| 1994 | 43,778 ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 50,219 ha | +14.7% |
| 1996 | 56,337 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 67,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 1998 | 57,000 ha | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 66,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 82,262 ha | +24.6% |
| 2001 | 74,225 ha | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 82,626 ha | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 49,552 ha | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 70,126 ha | +41.5% |
| 2005 | 72,378 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 67,215 ha | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 48,852 ha | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 68,000 ha | +39.2% |
| 2009 | 64,580 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 59,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 62,196 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 69,684 ha | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 78,634 ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 52,360 ha | -33.4% |
| 2015 | 59,588 ha | +13.8% |
| 2016 | 53,281 ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 67,771 ha | +27.2% |
| 2018 | 52,783 ha | -22.1% |
| 2019 | 58,949 ha | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 37,730 ha | -36.0% |
| 2021 | 45,742 ha | +21.2% |
| 2022 | 52,600 ha | +15.0% |
| 2023 | 77,738 ha | +47.8% |
| 2024 | 75,132 ha | -3.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 75,132 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 5.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Australia's 75,132 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48,382 ha, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,701 ha | 66,516 ha | 86,909 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,484 ha | 45,361 ha | 85,635 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,624 ha | 51,704 ha | 102,872 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,804 ha | 43,778 ha | 67,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,982 ha | 48,852 ha | 82,626 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,425 ha | 52,360 ha | 78,634 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,788 ha | 37,730 ha | 77,738 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Australia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Australia was 75,132 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 102,872 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,730 ha in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 83rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.