Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Qatar
Qatar: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 83 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Qatar, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 83 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Qatar peaked at 224 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7 ha, in 1989.
That places Qatar 150th out of 167 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Qatar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 7 ha | — |
| 1990 | 8 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 11 ha | +37.5% |
| 1992 | 24 ha | +118.2% |
| 1993 | 15 ha | -37.5% |
| 1994 | 27 ha | +80.0% |
| 1995 | 31 ha | +14.8% |
| 1996 | 65 ha | +109.7% |
| 1997 | 72 ha | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 69 ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 97 ha | +40.6% |
| 2000 | 143 ha | +47.4% |
| 2001 | 117 ha | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 134 ha | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 117 ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 92 ha | -21.4% |
| 2005 | 67 ha | -27.2% |
| 2006 | 70 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 90 ha | +28.6% |
| 2011 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 94 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 97 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 138 ha | +42.3% |
| 2015 | 70 ha | -49.3% |
| 2016 | 46 ha | -34.3% |
| 2017 | 51 ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 149 ha | +192.2% |
| 2019 | 50 ha | -66.4% |
| 2020 | 76 ha | +52.0% |
| 2021 | 224 ha | +194.7% |
| 2022 | 92 ha | -58.9% |
| 2023 | 96 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 83 ha | -13.5% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 83 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 1% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 83 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,890 ha, 4% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 41.9 ha | 8 ha | 97 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 95 ha | 67 ha | 143 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.5 ha | 46 ha | 149 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 114.2 ha | 76 ha | 224 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Qatar?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Qatar was 83 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 224 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 1989.
- How does Qatar rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Qatar ranks 150th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Qatar 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.