Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 498,400 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 498,400 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Germany peaked at 526,200 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 9,024 ha, in 1961.
That places Germany 52nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,416 ha | 9,024 ha | 82,773 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 110,263 ha | 96,506 ha | 126,847 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 173,212 ha | 119,749 ha | 208,932 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 326,148 ha | 229,000 ha | 372,116 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 431,330 ha | 360,841 ha | 520,478 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 458,969 ha | 410,900 ha | 526,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 454,300 ha | 419,300 ha | 498,400 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Germany?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Germany was 498,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 526,200 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,024 ha in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 52nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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.