Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 1.50 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Pakistan is 1.50 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.6% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 1.72 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 458,514 ha, in 1962.
That places Pakistan 24th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 473,083 ha | — |
| 1962 | 458,514 ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 500,197 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 486,437 ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 541,880 ha | +11.4% |
| 1966 | 553,616 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 607,844 ha | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 616,343 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 647,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 640,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 633,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 644,979 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 632,652 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 613,672 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 619,970 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 623,992 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 656,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 650,200 ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 701,100 ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 769,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 739,100 ha | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 789,800 ha | +6.9% |
| 1983 | 798,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 808,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 803,900 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 816,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 853,900 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 865,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 862,900 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 845,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 845,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 847,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 867,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 878,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 889,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 938,700 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 927,700 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 932,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 962,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 961,700 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 944,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 941,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 947,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 981,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 1.04 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 1.02 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.05 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 1.05 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 935,100 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 974,180 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 1.09 million ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 1.06 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million ha | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 1.14 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.19 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 1.35 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 1.37 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 1.40 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 1.42 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.65 million ha | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 1.72 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 1.64 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 1.50 million ha | -8.6% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 1.50 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 6.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 1.50 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,890 ha, 793.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 542,824 ha | 458,514 ha | 647,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 641,566 ha | 613,672 ha | 701,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 810,740 ha | 739,100 ha | 865,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 893,460 ha | 845,200 ha | 962,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 987,430 ha | 935,100 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.20 million ha | 974,180 ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 1.72 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Pakistan was 1.50 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.72 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 458,514 ha in 1962.
- How does Pakistan rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 24th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.