Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 8.52 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 8.52 million ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Central America peaked at 9.84 million ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 7.03 million ha, in 1979.
That places Central America 19th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.78 million ha | 7.67 million ha | 9.81 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.58 million ha | 7.03 million ha | 9.24 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.39 million ha | 7.15 million ha | 9.29 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.23 million ha | 8.66 million ha | 9.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.88 million ha | 8.06 million ha | 9.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.92 million ha | 7.95 million ha | 9.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.86 million ha | 8.52 million ha | 9.18 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 16 Philippines 2.46 million ha compare
- 17 Kenya 2.41 million ha compare
- 18 Russian Federation 2.39 million ha compare
- 19 Uganda 2.30 million ha compare
- 20 Yugoslav SFR 2.17 million ha compare
- 21 Romania 2.11 million ha compare
- 22 Benin 1.76 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 215,845 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Central America?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Central America was 8.52 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 9.84 million ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.03 million ha in 1979.
- How does Central America rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 19th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central America 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.