Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 495,350 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Italy stood at 495,350 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Italy peaked at 1.20 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 495,350 ha, in 2024.
Italy ranks 48th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.20 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.12 million ha | -6.4% |
| 1963 | 1.12 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1.07 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 1.03 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 987,692 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 1.02 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 967,207 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 999,066 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 1.03 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 934,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 891,100 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 890,300 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 890,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 897,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 888,800 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 982,726 ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 928,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 936,552 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 941,739 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 988,346 ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 1.01 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 981,661 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 960,589 ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 922,739 ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 848,600 ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 768,378 ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 842,484 ha | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 804,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 767,780 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 858,906 ha | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 853,857 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 927,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 910,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 941,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 1.04 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 968,799 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 1.03 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 1.06 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1.11 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 1.11 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1.16 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 1.20 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 1.11 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 1.11 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.05 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 991,500 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 915,500 ha | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 926,776 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 994,831 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 978,543 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 908,114 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 869,947 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 727,366 ha | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 660,727 ha | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 645,742 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 591,210 ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 628,800 ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 602,860 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 588,600 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 563,700 ha | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 498,450 ha | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 495,350 ha | -0.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 495,350 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 33.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Italy's 495,350 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72,751 ha, 6.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 million ha | 967,207 ha | 1.20 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 926,436 ha | 888,800 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 906,493 ha | 768,378 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 931,757 ha | 767,780 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million ha | 915,500 ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 793,206 ha | 591,210 ha | 994,831 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 549,792 ha | 495,350 ha | 602,860 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Italy?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Italy was 495,350 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1.20 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 495,350 ha in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 48th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.