Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 35.00 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 35.00 million ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 36.88 million ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 21.91 million ha, in 1983.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.29 million ha | 22.48 million ha | 24.92 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.44 million ha | 23.71 million ha | 30.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.19 million ha | 21.91 million ha | 31.56 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.24 million ha | 26.48 million ha | 30.49 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.35 million ha | 29.10 million ha | 36.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.21 million ha | 34.02 million ha | 36.88 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.08 million ha | 33.30 million ha | 36.53 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 175,300 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,561 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 334 ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 1.12 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 98 kg/An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 3.56 million t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 151.17 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 88.89 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 968,025 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 151.17 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Northern America?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Northern America was 35.00 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 36.88 million ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.91 million ha in 1983.
- How does Northern America rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.