Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 40,479 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 40,479 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and down 82.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 307,015 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,702 ha, in 1985.
That places Iran (Islamic Republic of) 33rd out of 38 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 20,111 ha | 16,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,500 ha | 14,000 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,664 ha | 1,702 ha | 46,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,561 ha | 26,025 ha | 186,387 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 243,204 ha | 172,721 ha | 307,015 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 193,604 ha | 90,984 ha | 290,676 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,573 ha | 38,540 ha | 84,952 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 63 kg/An (1979)
- Tomatoes — Yield 47,156 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.23 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 10,582 ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 0 t (1990)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 20,948 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0 An (2006)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 68,517 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 135,294 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 4,240 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 40,479 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 307,015 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,702 ha in 1985.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 33rd out of 38 regions with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.