Maize (corn) — Area harvested in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 28,334 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in North Macedonia stood at 28,334 ha. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in North Macedonia peaked at 44,693 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 28,334 ha, in 2024.
North Macedonia ranks 102nd of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 43,772 ha | — |
| 1993 | 44,693 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 42,719 ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 42,454 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 42,031 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 40,158 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 32,229 ha | -19.7% |
| 1999 | 39,229 ha | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 37,075 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 34,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 33,850 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 34,837 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 33,772 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 33,008 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 31,724 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 30,859 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 31,013 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 33,482 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 29,480 ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 30,283 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 30,040 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 32,002 ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 31,231 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 32,506 ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 31,779 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 32,004 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 37,065 ha | +15.8% |
| 2019 | 34,672 ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 32,555 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 30,827 ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 30,769 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 29,077 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 28,334 ha | -2.6% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 28,334 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 45% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 28,334 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72,751 ha, 39% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40,911 ha | 32,229 ha | 44,693 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 33,362 ha | 30,859 ha | 37,075 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,106 ha | 29,480 ha | 37,065 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,312 ha | 28,334 ha | 32,555 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
- 99 Sudan (former) 31,080 ha compare
- 100 Botswana 30,000 ha compare
- 101 Gabon 29,446 ha compare
- 103 Mauritania 28,000 ha compare
- 104 Azerbaijan 27,991 ha compare
- 105 Gambia 27,688 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in North Macedonia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in North Macedonia was 28,334 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 44,693 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,334 ha in 2024.
- How does North Macedonia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- North Macedonia ranks 102nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.