Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 101,364 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Morocco stood at 101,364 ha.
The figure is up 21.1% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 532,000 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 63,292 ha, in 2019.
That places Morocco 76th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 410,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 460,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 460,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 430,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 508,000 ha | +18.1% |
| 1967 | 532,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 500,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 460,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 510,000 ha | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 453,000 ha | -11.2% |
| 1972 | 480,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 446,400 ha | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 447,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 491,700 ha | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 431,800 ha | -12.2% |
| 1977 | 424,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 394,400 ha | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 415,500 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 411,400 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 362,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 400,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 434,800 ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 383,600 ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 401,200 ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 375,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 368,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 396,400 ha | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 405,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 375,600 ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 385,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 453,600 ha | +17.8% |
| 1993 | 447,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 323,600 ha | -27.6% |
| 1995 | 387,400 ha | +19.7% |
| 1996 | 253,500 ha | -34.6% |
| 1997 | 340,900 ha | +34.5% |
| 1998 | 310,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 331,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 237,500 ha | -28.2% |
| 2001 | 254,200 ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 265,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 246,700 ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 244,900 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 246,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 243,800 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 228,300 ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 219,300 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 223,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 230,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 191,880 ha | -16.6% |
| 2012 | 117,960 ha | -38.5% |
| 2013 | 178,126 ha | +51.0% |
| 2014 | 137,447 ha | -22.8% |
| 2015 | 125,967 ha | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 138,825 ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 130,742 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 148,178 ha | +13.3% |
| 2019 | 63,292 ha | -57.3% |
| 2020 | 71,087 ha | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 91,658 ha | +28.9% |
| 2022 | 114,959 ha | +25.4% |
| 2023 | 83,685 ha | -27.2% |
| 2024 | 101,364 ha | +21.1% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 101,364 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 41% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 101,364 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,890 ha, 53.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 467,778 ha | 410,000 ha | 532,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 449,550 ha | 394,400 ha | 510,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 393,830 ha | 362,000 ha | 434,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 360,780 ha | 253,500 ha | 453,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 240,980 ha | 219,300 ha | 265,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 146,252 ha | 63,292 ha | 230,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,551 ha | 71,087 ha | 114,959 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Morocco?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Morocco was 101,364 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 532,000 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,292 ha in 2019.
- How does Morocco rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 76th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.