Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 67 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 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 Puerto Rico is 67 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 44.2% on the previous year and up 2,133.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 15,422 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 2014.
That places Puerto Rico 165th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 8,427 ha | 2,750 ha | 15,422 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 633.5 ha | 220 ha | 1,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 200.8 ha | 20 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 378.9 ha | 247 ha | 541 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 205.4 ha | 86 ha | 333 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.5 ha | 3 ha | 72 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.2 ha | 40 ha | 178 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 162 French Guiana 90 ha compare
- 163 Qatar 83 ha compare
- 164 Bahamas 78 ha compare
- 166 Japan 63 ha compare
- 166 Micronesia (Federated States of) 63 ha compare
- 166 Micronesia 63 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
- Cereal production 3,952 metric tons (2023)
- Cereal yield 3,612 kg per hectare (2023)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 10 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 67 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 15,422 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 165th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,133.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.