Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 489,437 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) recorded 489,437 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) peaked at 821,545 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 366,223 ha, in 1975.
That places Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 28th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 424,679 ha | 404,640 ha | 441,206 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 404,254 ha | 366,223 ha | 451,343 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 437,569 ha | 367,437 ha | 490,321 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 532,389 ha | 440,314 ha | 619,256 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 588,072 ha | 514,989 ha | 766,854 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 655,992 ha | 445,635 ha | 821,545 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 519,272 ha | 489,437 ha | 570,794 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
More agriculture & rural data for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 53 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 275,419 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 5.22 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 257,039 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 592,065 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 10,799 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 54,824 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 5.69 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was 489,437 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 821,545 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 366,223 ha in 1975.
- How does Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranks 28th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 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.