Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Haiti
Haiti: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 227,436 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Haiti is 227,436 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Haiti peaked at 444,809 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 171,000 ha, in 1982.
That places Haiti 63rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 225,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 225,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 225,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 230,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 225,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 230,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 230,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 234,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 230,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 230,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 200,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1975 | 195,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 190,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 210,352 ha | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 248,373 ha | +18.1% |
| 1979 | 233,749 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 200,000 ha | -14.4% |
| 1981 | 186,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 171,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 200,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1984 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 245,369 ha | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 256,250 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 256,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 252,911 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 245,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 205,000 ha | -16.3% |
| 1991 | 235,000 ha | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 284,749 ha | +21.2% |
| 1993 | 260,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 287,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 275,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 257,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 288,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 260,881 ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 300,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 2000 | 270,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 260,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 240,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 245,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 260,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 257,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 263,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 346,000 ha | +31.6% |
| 2008 | 269,000 ha | -22.3% |
| 2009 | 379,000 ha | +40.9% |
| 2010 | 423,169 ha | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 444,809 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 247,307 ha | -44.4% |
| 2013 | 393,095 ha | +59.0% |
| 2014 | 438,833 ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 331,754 ha | -24.4% |
| 2016 | 318,210 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 286,319 ha | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 404,424 ha | +41.2% |
| 2019 | 175,676 ha | -56.6% |
| 2020 | 234,967 ha | +33.8% |
| 2021 | 262,524 ha | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 240,465 ha | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 233,785 ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 227,436 ha | -2.7% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 227,436 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 91% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 227,436 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 4.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 224,444 ha | 220,000 ha | 230,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 220,147 ha | 190,000 ha | 248,373 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 221,278 ha | 171,000 ha | 256,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 265,263 ha | 205,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 278,900 ha | 240,000 ha | 379,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 346,360 ha | 175,676 ha | 444,809 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 239,835 ha | 227,436 ha | 262,524 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 60 Central African Republic 270,000 ha compare
- 61 El Salvador 254,525 ha compare
- 62 Nicaragua 249,854 ha compare
- 64 Cambodia 226,768 ha compare
- 65 Austria 208,020 ha compare
- 66 Czechoslovakia 180,771 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Haiti?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Haiti was 227,436 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 444,809 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 171,000 ha in 1982.
- How does Haiti rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Haiti ranks 63rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti 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.