Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 270,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central African Republic recorded 270,000 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 171.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Central African Republic peaked at 288,262 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 40,000 ha, in 1964.
That places Central African Republic 30th out of 33 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,667 ha | 40,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,206 ha | 62,700 ha | 117,736 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 83,978 ha | 47,300 ha | 119,820 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,590 ha | 64,209 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,103 ha | 95,000 ha | 177,845 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 108,669 ha | 85,180 ha | 129,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 272,487 ha | 260,175 ha | 288,262 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture share gdp 27.61 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 27.61 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 55.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.06 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 846.47 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 57,240 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Central African Republic?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Central African Republic was 270,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 288,262 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1964.
- How does Central African Republic rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Central African Republic ranks 30th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 171.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.