Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 20,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Eritrea is 20,000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 38,486 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 9,509 ha, in 2004.
Eritrea ranks 111th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 24,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 15,893 ha | -34.1% |
| 1996 | 17,010 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 25,676 ha | +50.9% |
| 1998 | 38,486 ha | +49.9% |
| 1999 | 20,075 ha | -47.8% |
| 2000 | 22,541 ha | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 11,529 ha | -48.9% |
| 2002 | 14,491 ha | +25.7% |
| 2003 | 13,362 ha | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 9,509 ha | -28.8% |
| 2005 | 27,685 ha | +191.1% |
| 2006 | 29,116 ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 16,448 ha | -43.5% |
| 2008 | 19,534 ha | +18.8% |
| 2009 | 19,164 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 20,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 20,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 162,707 ha, 12% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 20,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 7% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +191.1% | 9,509 ha | 27,685 ha |
| 1997 | +50.9% | 17,010 ha | 25,676 ha |
| 1998 | +49.9% | 25,676 ha | 38,486 ha |
| 2001 | -48.9% | 22,541 ha | 11,529 ha |
| 1999 | -47.8% | 38,486 ha | 20,075 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23,606 ha | 15,893 ha | 38,486 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 18,338 ha | 9,509 ha | 29,116 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,100 ha | 19,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 108 Panama 22,184 ha compare
- 109 New Zealand 21,631 ha compare
- 110 Tajikistan 21,465 ha compare
- 112 Sierra Leone 16,108 ha compare
- 113 Switzerland 15,708 ha compare
- 114 Republic of Korea 15,578 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Eritrea was 20,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 38,486 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,509 ha in 2004.
- How does Eritrea rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 111th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.