Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 730 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Fiji recorded 730 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 116.6% on the previous year and up 46.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 1,520 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 22 ha, in 2004.
Fiji ranks 139th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 113 ha | +13.0% |
| 1964 | 182 ha | +61.1% |
| 1965 | 180 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 809 ha | +375.9% |
| 1968 | 1,520 ha | +87.9% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | -47.4% |
| 1970 | 567 ha | -29.1% |
| 1971 | 324 ha | -42.9% |
| 1972 | 344 ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 407 ha | +18.3% |
| 1974 | 233 ha | -42.8% |
| 1975 | 153 ha | -34.3% |
| 1976 | 346 ha | +126.1% |
| 1977 | 92 ha | -73.4% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +226.1% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 485 ha | -19.2% |
| 1983 | 760 ha | +56.7% |
| 1984 | 820 ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | -39.0% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 413 ha | -31.2% |
| 1988 | 708 ha | +71.4% |
| 1989 | 599 ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 925 ha | +54.4% |
| 1991 | 413 ha | -55.4% |
| 1992 | 446 ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 566 ha | +26.9% |
| 1994 | 634 ha | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 484 ha | -23.7% |
| 1996 | 824 ha | +70.2% |
| 1997 | 364 ha | -55.8% |
| 1998 | 503 ha | +38.2% |
| 1999 | 400 ha | -20.5% |
| 2000 | 543 ha | +35.8% |
| 2001 | 350 ha | -35.5% |
| 2002 | 368 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 565 ha | +53.5% |
| 2004 | 22 ha | -96.1% |
| 2005 | 379 ha | +1622.7% |
| 2006 | 490 ha | +29.3% |
| 2007 | 160 ha | -67.3% |
| 2008 | 310 ha | +93.8% |
| 2009 | 242 ha | -21.9% |
| 2010 | 452 ha | +86.8% |
| 2011 | 102 ha | -77.4% |
| 2012 | 90 ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 413 ha | +358.9% |
| 2014 | 497 ha | +20.3% |
| 2015 | 358 ha | -28.0% |
| 2016 | 289 ha | -19.3% |
| 2017 | 320 ha | +10.7% |
| 2018 | 402 ha | +25.6% |
| 2019 | 467 ha | +16.2% |
| 2020 | 532 ha | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 479 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 324 ha | -32.4% |
| 2023 | 337 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 730 ha | +116.6% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 730 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 1% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 730 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48,382 ha, 2% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Fiji 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 | +1622.7% | 22 ha | 379 ha |
| 1967 | +375.9% | 170 ha | 809 ha |
| 2013 | +358.9% | 90 ha | 413 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 441.56 ha | 100 ha | 1,520 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 316.6 ha | 92 ha | 567 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 588.5 ha | 400 ha | 820 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 555.9 ha | 364 ha | 925 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 342.9 ha | 22 ha | 565 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 339 ha | 90 ha | 497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 480.4 ha | 324 ha | 730 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 136 Armenia 1,214 ha compare
- 137 Montenegro 950 ha compare
- 138 United Arab Emirates 900 ha compare
- 140 New Caledonia 589 ha compare
- 141 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500 ha compare
- 142 Oman 493 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Fiji?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Fiji was 730 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 1,520 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 ha in 2004.
- How does Fiji rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 139th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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.