Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 392,421 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 392,421 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 672,434 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 275,095 ha, in 1982.
That places Caribbean 25th out of 29 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 384,784 ha | — |
| 1962 | 374,263 ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 368,139 ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 368,434 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 359,101 ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 363,914 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 361,724 ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 357,727 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 357,218 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 368,716 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 372,671 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 390,312 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 367,607 ha | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 330,087 ha | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 312,344 ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 308,465 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 329,239 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 380,339 ha | +15.5% |
| 1979 | 350,138 ha | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 318,235 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 298,569 ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 275,095 ha | -7.9% |
| 1983 | 310,300 ha | +12.8% |
| 1984 | 336,074 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 369,248 ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 372,856 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 371,127 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 369,427 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 361,377 ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 309,459 ha | -14.4% |
| 1991 | 336,751 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 403,913 ha | +19.9% |
| 1993 | 388,319 ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 424,863 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 413,008 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 415,776 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 481,771 ha | +15.9% |
| 1998 | 430,415 ha | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 445,781 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 418,684 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 418,964 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 389,378 ha | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 412,052 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 432,763 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 439,792 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 409,843 ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 511,634 ha | +24.8% |
| 2008 | 419,547 ha | -18.0% |
| 2009 | 609,599 ha | +45.3% |
| 2010 | 672,434 ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 612,863 ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 430,510 ha | -29.8% |
| 2013 | 603,406 ha | +40.2% |
| 2014 | 651,909 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 507,483 ha | -22.2% |
| 2016 | 516,785 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 472,712 ha | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 577,858 ha | +22.2% |
| 2019 | 335,712 ha | -41.9% |
| 2020 | 394,601 ha | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 421,623 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 372,557 ha | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 394,676 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 392,421 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 366,145 ha | 357,218 ha | 384,784 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350,992 ha | 308,465 ha | 390,312 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 338,231 ha | 275,095 ha | 372,856 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 405,006 ha | 309,459 ha | 481,771 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 446,226 ha | 389,378 ha | 609,599 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 538,167 ha | 335,712 ha | 672,434 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 395,176 ha | 372,557 ha | 421,623 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Caribbean was 392,421 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 672,434 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 275,095 ha in 1982.
- How does Caribbean rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 25th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.