Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Bahamas
Bahamas: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 78 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 78 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Bahamas peaked at 635 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 72 ha, in 2015.
That places Bahamas 151st out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 240 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 280 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 330 ha | +17.9% |
| 1966 | 470 ha | +42.4% |
| 1967 | 480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 535 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 555 ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 580 ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 595 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 604 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 612 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 621 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 630 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 635 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 610 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 550 ha | -9.8% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 300 ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 174 ha | -30.4% |
| 1995 | 174 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 174 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 175 ha | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 126 ha | -28.0% |
| 2001 | 100 ha | -20.6% |
| 2002 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 100 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 94 ha | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 94 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 93 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 91 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 72 ha | -20.9% |
| 2016 | 85 ha | +18.1% |
| 2017 | 83 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 80 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 83 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 83 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 78 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 77 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 79 ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 78 ha | -1.3% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 78 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 1% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 78 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 Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +42.4% | 330 ha | 470 ha |
| 1963 | +33.3% | 180 ha | 240 ha |
| 1992 | -33.3% | 450 ha | 300 ha |
| 1994 | -30.4% | 250 ha | 174 ha |
| 2000 | -28.0% | 175 ha | 126 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 347.78 ha | 150 ha | 500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 588.2 ha | 520 ha | 630 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 586.5 ha | 500 ha | 635 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 258.7 ha | 174 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103.1 ha | 100 ha | 126 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.5 ha | 72 ha | 94 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 79 ha | 77 ha | 83 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 148 Mauritius 108 ha compare
- 149 French Guiana 90 ha compare
- 150 Qatar 83 ha compare
- 152 Puerto Rico 67 ha compare
- 153 Japan 63 ha compare
- 154 Guadeloupe 50 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Bahamas?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Bahamas was 78 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 635 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 72 ha in 2015.
- How does Bahamas rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 151st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.