Maize (corn) — Area harvested in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 589 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in New Caledonia stood at 589 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 93.8% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in New Caledonia peaked at 1,600 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 70 ha, in 1994.
That places New Caledonia 152nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 705.56 ha | 500 ha | 950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 340.4 ha | 145 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 489.9 ha | 300 ha | 648 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 282.2 ha | 70 ha | 530 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,198 ha | 700 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 928.2 ha | 750 ha | 1,109 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 607.6 ha | 304 ha | 1,069 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 149 Montenegro 950 ha compare
- 150 United Arab Emirates 900 ha compare
- 151 Fiji 730 ha compare
- 153 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500 ha compare
- 154 Oman 493 ha compare
- 155 Sao Tome and Principe 397 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Rural population 93,999 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.79 (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 169.25 million current US$ (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
- Rural population 31.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.79 (2019)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 9.79 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in New Caledonia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in New Caledonia was 589 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 ha in 1994.
- How does New Caledonia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- New Caledonia ranks 152nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.