Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 22,184 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Panama, 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 Panama is 22,184 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Panama peaked at 112,800 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 21,371 ha, in 2023.
Panama ranks 120th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,689 ha | 83,100 ha | 112,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,527 ha | 63,100 ha | 83,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,396 ha | 57,130 ha | 83,930 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,696 ha | 51,260 ha | 83,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,095 ha | 45,340 ha | 60,510 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,831 ha | 47,652 ha | 65,910 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,004 ha | 21,371 ha | 57,370 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture share gdp 2.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 33.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 1.55 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 387,690 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Panama?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Panama was 22,184 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 112,800 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,371 ha in 2023.
- How does Panama rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 120th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama 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.