Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Poland
Poland: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 1.28 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Poland, 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 Poland is 1.28 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 88.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Poland peaked at 1.28 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,500 ha, in 1972.
Poland ranks 28th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Poland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,800 ha | -26.1% |
| 1963 | 6,600 ha | -25.0% |
| 1964 | 7,400 ha | +12.1% |
| 1965 | 6,900 ha | -6.8% |
| 1966 | 5,600 ha | -18.8% |
| 1967 | 5,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 5,300 ha | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 4,700 ha | -11.3% |
| 1970 | 5,100 ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 4,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,700 ha | +34.3% |
| 1975 | 14,808 ha | +215.1% |
| 1976 | 52,402 ha | +253.9% |
| 1977 | 57,283 ha | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 32,923 ha | -42.5% |
| 1979 | 46,471 ha | +41.2% |
| 1980 | 16,308 ha | -64.9% |
| 1981 | 15,575 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 16,134 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 15,422 ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 14,983 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 15,962 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 22,233 ha | +39.3% |
| 1987 | 31,624 ha | +42.2% |
| 1988 | 40,024 ha | +26.6% |
| 1989 | 51,064 ha | +27.6% |
| 1990 | 59,021 ha | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 70,123 ha | +18.8% |
| 1992 | 56,048 ha | -20.1% |
| 1993 | 54,521 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 50,402 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 48,165 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 69,296 ha | +43.9% |
| 1997 | 77,117 ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 85,180 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 104,226 ha | +22.4% |
| 2000 | 152,273 ha | +46.1% |
| 2001 | 224,435 ha | +47.4% |
| 2002 | 318,694 ha | +42.0% |
| 2003 | 356,337 ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 411,704 ha | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 339,342 ha | -17.6% |
| 2006 | 302,977 ha | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 261,975 ha | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 317,193 ha | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 274,100 ha | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 333,375 ha | +21.6% |
| 2011 | 333,300 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 543,800 ha | +63.2% |
| 2013 | 614,300 ha | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 678,250 ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 670,295 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 593,514 ha | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 562,105 ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 645,410 ha | +14.8% |
| 2019 | 664,950 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 946,030 ha | +42.3% |
| 2021 | 998,470 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million ha | +19.8% |
| 2023 | 1.26 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 1.28 million ha | +1.7% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 1.28 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 85.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Poland's 1.28 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72,751 ha, 17.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +253.9% | 14,808 ha | 52,402 ha |
| 1975 | +215.1% | 4,700 ha | 14,808 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,000 ha | 4,700 ha | 11,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,559 ha | 3,500 ha | 57,283 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,933 ha | 14,983 ha | 51,064 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,410 ha | 48,165 ha | 104,226 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 295,903 ha | 152,273 ha | 411,704 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 563,930 ha | 333,300 ha | 678,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 million ha | 946,030 ha | 1.28 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 25 Caribbean 392,421 ha compare
- 26 Canada 1.45 million ha compare
- 27 Ghana 1.37 million ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 124 ha compare
- 29 Serbia and Montenegro 1.22 million ha compare
- 30 Cameroon 1.20 million ha compare
- 31 Burkina Faso 1.10 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Poland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 697.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3991 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Poland?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Poland was 1.28 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 1972.
- How does Poland rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Poland ranks 28th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Poland 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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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.