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 25th out of 182 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.
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 share gdp 23.02 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.02 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
- Rural population 60.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 154.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 93.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 311,166 t (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 25th out of 182 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.