Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 70,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 70,000 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 105,296 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 26,942 ha, in 2016.
That places Eswatini 86th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,964 ha | — |
| 1962 | 81,735 ha | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 71,600 ha | -12.4% |
| 1964 | 72,923 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 72,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 87,000 ha | +20.8% |
| 1967 | 93,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 97,123 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 98,884 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 100,915 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 66,540 ha | -34.1% |
| 1972 | 69,111 ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 77,590 ha | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 75,766 ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 65,886 ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 67,325 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 53,902 ha | -19.9% |
| 1978 | 53,902 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 71,145 ha | +32.0% |
| 1980 | 71,145 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 55,654 ha | -21.8% |
| 1982 | 58,936 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 44,143 ha | -25.1% |
| 1984 | 82,553 ha | +87.0% |
| 1985 | 85,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 69,940 ha | -17.7% |
| 1987 | 79,045 ha | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 105,296 ha | +33.2% |
| 1989 | 92,808 ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 84,040 ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 58,663 ha | -30.2% |
| 1992 | 60,233 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 60,801 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 65,699 ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 67,614 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 66,996 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 71,664 ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 61,566 ha | -14.1% |
| 1999 | 75,386 ha | +22.4% |
| 2000 | 68,533 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 57,851 ha | -15.6% |
| 2002 | 67,898 ha | +17.4% |
| 2003 | 67,682 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 54,470 ha | -19.5% |
| 2005 | 56,425 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 46,973 ha | -16.8% |
| 2007 | 47,409 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 60,355 ha | +27.3% |
| 2009 | 58,334 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 70,334 ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 56,064 ha | -20.3% |
| 2012 | 61,260 ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 86,754 ha | +41.6% |
| 2014 | 87,164 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 65,040 ha | -25.4% |
| 2016 | 26,942 ha | -58.6% |
| 2017 | 67,815 ha | +151.7% |
| 2018 | 89,051 ha | +31.3% |
| 2019 | 74,430 ha | -16.4% |
| 2020 | 68,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 70,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 80,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 70,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 70,000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 28% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 70,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 25% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +151.7% | 26,942 ha | 67,815 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,248 ha | 71,600 ha | 98,884 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 70,208 ha | 53,902 ha | 100,915 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 74,452 ha | 44,143 ha | 105,296 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,266 ha | 58,663 ha | 84,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,593 ha | 46,973 ha | 68,533 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,485 ha | 26,942 ha | 89,051 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,600 ha | 68,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Eswatini was 70,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 105,296 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,942 ha in 2016.
- How does Eswatini rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 86th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.