Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 162,165 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 162,165 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 14.8% on the previous year and up 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Kazakhstan peaked at 190,376 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61,320 ha, in 1997.
That places Kazakhstan 68th 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 33 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 117,800 ha | — |
| 1993 | 108,700 ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 104,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 70,200 ha | -32.7% |
| 1996 | 72,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 61,320 ha | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 62,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 65,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 74,600 ha | +13.9% |
| 2001 | 86,300 ha | +15.7% |
| 2002 | 105,200 ha | +21.9% |
| 2003 | 101,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 102,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 104,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 89,300 ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 92,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 95,400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 99,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 95,600 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 96,654 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 100,320 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 107,857 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 125,710 ha | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 137,737 ha | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 135,116 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 136,677 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 150,062 ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 156,280 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 162,812 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 188,703 ha | +15.9% |
| 2022 | 189,271 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 190,376 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 162,165 ha | -14.8% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 162,165 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 2.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 162,165 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72,751 ha, 2.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82,852 ha | 61,320 ha | 117,800 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 95,020 ha | 74,600 ha | 105,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 124,201 ha | 95,600 ha | 156,280 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,665 ha | 162,165 ha | 190,376 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
- 65 Austria 208,020 ha compare
- 66 Czechoslovakia 180,771 ha
- 67 South Sudan 162,707 ha compare
- 69 Slovakia 147,280 ha compare
- 70 Madagascar 144,592 ha compare
- 71 Afghanistan 135,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0374 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 550.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Kazakhstan?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Kazakhstan was 162,165 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 190,376 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,320 ha in 1997.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Kazakhstan ranks 68th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.