Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 33.37 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 33.37 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 33.37 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.62 million ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.62 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.78 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 7.87 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 8.04 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 8.30 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 8.58 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 8.62 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 8.64 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 8.64 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 8.26 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 8.45 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 8.64 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 8.92 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 9.35 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 9.06 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 9.28 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 9.12 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 9.53 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 9.23 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 9.22 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 9.32 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 9.29 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 9.70 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 9.97 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 10.56 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 11.30 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 11.27 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 12.21 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 12.61 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 12.04 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 12.17 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 12.21 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 12.36 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 12.53 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 12.17 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 13.17 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 13.35 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 13.79 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 13.31 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 13.18 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 13.67 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 14.58 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 17.23 million ha | +18.2% |
| 2004 | 17.12 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 18.14 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 17.43 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 18.05 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 20.59 million ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 20.08 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 21.97 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 22.95 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 23.02 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 24.73 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 25.07 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 24.62 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 26.21 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 28.04 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 28.58 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 27.77 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 29.81 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 30.55 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 30.62 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 33.00 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 33.37 million ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.23 million ha | 7.62 million ha | 8.64 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.98 million ha | 8.26 million ha | 9.53 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.54 million ha | 9.22 million ha | 12.61 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.71 million ha | 12.04 million ha | 13.79 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.01 million ha | 13.18 million ha | 20.59 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.30 million ha | 21.97 million ha | 28.58 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.47 million ha | 29.81 million ha | 33.37 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 China 44.78 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 44.74 million ha compare
- 3 Brazil 21.19 million ha compare
- 4 India 11.35 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 5.74 million ha compare
- 5 Argentina 8.74 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.11 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 33.37 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.37 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.62 million ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.