Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 32,215 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Namibia stood at 32,215 ha.
The figure is down 48.4% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 62,414 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1987.
Namibia ranks 98th 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 26,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | -57.1% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1988 | 15,309 ha | +53.1% |
| 1989 | 19,213 ha | +25.5% |
| 1990 | 19,180 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 42,833 ha | +123.3% |
| 1992 | 18,000 ha | -58.0% |
| 1993 | 32,846 ha | +82.5% |
| 1994 | 35,357 ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 21,021 ha | -40.5% |
| 1996 | 27,827 ha | +32.4% |
| 1997 | 31,450 ha | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 27,029 ha | -14.1% |
| 1999 | 35,740 ha | +32.2% |
| 2000 | 44,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2001 | 20,900 ha | -52.5% |
| 2002 | 21,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 23,400 ha | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 24,992 ha | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 18,014 ha | -27.9% |
| 2006 | 28,904 ha | +60.5% |
| 2007 | 27,356 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 27,694 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 27,127 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 26,814 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 28,038 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 46,471 ha | +65.7% |
| 2013 | 21,632 ha | -53.5% |
| 2014 | 34,991 ha | +61.8% |
| 2015 | 30,184 ha | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 22,350 ha | -26.0% |
| 2017 | 30,174 ha | +35.0% |
| 2018 | 25,172 ha | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 20,811 ha | -17.3% |
| 2020 | 27,838 ha | +33.8% |
| 2021 | 35,046 ha | +25.9% |
| 2022 | 51,221 ha | +46.2% |
| 2023 | 62,414 ha | +21.9% |
| 2024 | 32,215 ha | -48.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 32,215 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 13% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 32,215 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 12% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +123.3% | 19,180 ha | 42,833 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,111 ha | 17,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,400 ha | 19,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,852 ha | 10,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,128 ha | 18,000 ha | 42,833 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,339 ha | 18,014 ha | 44,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,664 ha | 20,811 ha | 46,471 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,747 ha | 27,838 ha | 62,414 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 95 China, Taiwan Province of 36,649 ha compare
- 96 Niger 36,455 ha compare
- 97 Belgium-Luxembourg 33,488 ha compare
- 99 Sudan (former) 31,080 ha compare
- 100 Botswana 30,000 ha compare
- 101 Gabon 29,446 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Namibia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Namibia was 32,215 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 62,414 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1987.
- How does Namibia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 98th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.