Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 65,160 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 65,160 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.6% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 502,880 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 65,160 ha, in 2024.
That places Portugal 97th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 477,733 ha | 436,462 ha | 502,880 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 395,308 ha | 367,989 ha | 437,432 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 268,384 ha | 215,000 ha | 314,223 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 183,774 ha | 163,622 ha | 219,412 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 124,993 ha | 94,727 ha | 154,786 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,541 ha | 77,020 ha | 111,792 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,530 ha | 65,160 ha | 75,390 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Portugal?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Portugal was 65,160 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 502,880 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,160 ha in 2024.
- How does Portugal rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 97th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.