Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 883,060 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 883,060 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 14.6% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 1.47 million ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 770,690 ha, in 2023.
That places Hungary 40th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.27 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.36 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.15 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.11 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.19 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.10 million ha | 939,080 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 901,194 ha | 770,690 ha | 1.05 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture share gdp 2.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 29.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 2.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Hungary?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Hungary was 883,060 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 770,690 ha in 2023.
- How does Hungary rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 40th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary 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.