Maize (corn) — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 8.67 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 8.67 million ha.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 10.39 million ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 7.70 million ha, in 1990.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.42 million ha | 8.18 million ha | 8.80 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.20 million ha | 8.80 million ha | 9.62 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.68 million ha | 8.47 million ha | 9.10 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.12 million ha | 7.70 million ha | 9.65 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.39 million ha | 8.38 million ha | 10.39 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.00 million ha | 8.25 million ha | 9.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.86 million ha | 8.30 million ha | 9.25 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 100,090 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 223.89 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 21.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 132.13 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 16.90 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 41,140 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 232,110 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,250 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 669,430 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in European Union (27) was 8.67 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.39 million ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.70 million ha in 1990.
- How does European Union (27) rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.