Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 21.19 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Brazil is 21.19 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 22.32 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.89 million ha, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 3rd of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.89 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.35 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 7.96 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 8.11 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 8.77 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 8.70 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 9.27 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 9.58 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 9.65 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 9.86 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 10.55 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 10.54 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 9.92 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 10.67 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 10.85 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 11.12 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 11.80 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 11.12 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 11.32 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 11.45 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 11.52 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 12.62 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1983 | 10.71 million ha | -15.2% |
| 1984 | 12.02 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 11.80 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 12.46 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 13.50 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 13.18 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 12.92 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 11.39 million ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 13.06 million ha | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 13.36 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 11.87 million ha | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 13.75 million ha | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 13.95 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 11.98 million ha | -14.1% |
| 1997 | 12.56 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 10.59 million ha | -15.7% |
| 1999 | 11.61 million ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 11.89 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 12.34 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 11.76 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 12.97 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 12.41 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 11.55 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 12.61 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 13.77 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 14.44 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 13.65 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 12.68 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 13.22 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 14.20 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 15.28 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 15.43 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 15.41 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 14.97 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 17.43 million ha | +16.4% |
| 2018 | 16.13 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 17.52 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 18.26 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 18.98 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 21.07 million ha | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 22.32 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 21.19 million ha | -5.1% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 21.19 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 334.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 21.19 million ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 444.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.48 million ha | 6.89 million ha | 9.65 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.78 million ha | 9.86 million ha | 11.80 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.22 million ha | 10.71 million ha | 13.50 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.41 million ha | 10.59 million ha | 13.95 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.74 million ha | 11.55 million ha | 14.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.23 million ha | 12.68 million ha | 17.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.36 million ha | 18.26 million ha | 22.32 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 1 China 44.78 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 44.74 million ha compare
- 4 India 11.35 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 5.74 million ha compare
- 5 Argentina 8.74 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.11 million ha compare
- 6 Mexico 6.57 million ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 862,053 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Brazil?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Brazil was 21.19 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 22.32 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.89 million ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.