Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 2,783 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 2,783 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Israel peaked at 7,600 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 595 ha, in 1966.
Israel ranks 125th of 167 countries on this measure, 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,970 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,070 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 1,445 ha | -30.2% |
| 1964 | 1,375 ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 820 ha | -40.4% |
| 1966 | 595 ha | -27.4% |
| 1967 | 739 ha | +24.2% |
| 1968 | 608 ha | -17.7% |
| 1969 | 905 ha | +48.8% |
| 1970 | 840 ha | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +78.6% |
| 1972 | 2,080 ha | +38.7% |
| 1973 | 1,980 ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 1,950 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 2,580 ha | +32.3% |
| 1976 | 2,540 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 2,260 ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 2,420 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 2,650 ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 2,800 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 3,290 ha | +17.5% |
| 1982 | 4,290 ha | +30.4% |
| 1983 | 5,330 ha | +24.2% |
| 1984 | 4,210 ha | -21.0% |
| 1985 | 5,420 ha | +28.7% |
| 1986 | 6,680 ha | +23.2% |
| 1987 | 4,800 ha | -28.1% |
| 1988 | 6,100 ha | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 7,600 ha | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 6,933 ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 6,485 ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 5,828 ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 5,540 ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 6,350 ha | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 6,950 ha | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 6,450 ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 4,960 ha | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 5,936 ha | +19.7% |
| 1999 | 5,837 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 5,590 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 4,800 ha | -14.1% |
| 2002 | 5,260 ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 6,130 ha | +16.5% |
| 2004 | 4,640 ha | -24.3% |
| 2005 | 4,630 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 4,410 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 5,000 ha | +13.4% |
| 2008 | 5,360 ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 3,220 ha | -39.9% |
| 2010 | 2,960 ha | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 2,850 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 3,340 ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 4,880 ha | +46.1% |
| 2014 | 4,798 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 4,300 ha | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 3,490 ha | -18.8% |
| 2017 | 3,400 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 3,310 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 3,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,820 ha | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 3,660 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 3,220 ha | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 2,953 ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 2,783 ha | -5.8% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 2,783 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 19% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Israel's 2,783 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,890 ha, 1.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,170 ha | 595 ha | 2,070 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,080 ha | 840 ha | 2,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,052 ha | 2,800 ha | 7,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,127 ha | 4,960 ha | 6,950 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,904 ha | 3,220 ha | 6,130 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,668 ha | 2,850 ha | 4,880 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,287 ha | 2,783 ha | 3,820 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 122 Bhutan 7,531 ha compare
- 123 Costa Rica 4,238 ha compare
- 124 Guyana 2,933 ha compare
- 126 Papua New Guinea 2,391 ha compare
- 127 Sweden 2,290 ha compare
- 128 Turkmenistan 2,277 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Israel?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Israel was 2,783 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 7,600 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 595 ha in 1966.
- How does Israel rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 125th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.