Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 100,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Somalia stood at 100,000 ha.
That represents a change of down 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 362,400 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 36,382 ha, in 2011.
Somalia ranks 77th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 138,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 135,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 133,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 127,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 127,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 122,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 138,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1968 | 135,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 137,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 119,000 ha | -13.1% |
| 1971 | 104,000 ha | -12.6% |
| 1972 | 144,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1973 | 83,000 ha | -42.4% |
| 1974 | 91,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 106,000 ha | +16.5% |
| 1976 | 119,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1977 | 150,600 ha | +26.6% |
| 1978 | 148,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 147,500 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 109,000 ha | -26.1% |
| 1981 | 197,000 ha | +80.7% |
| 1982 | 209,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 218,600 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 220,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 234,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 245,100 ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 259,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 281,200 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 265,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 91,650 ha | -65.4% |
| 1991 | 100,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 105,829 ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 80,000 ha | -24.4% |
| 1994 | 362,400 ha | +353.0% |
| 1995 | 175,822 ha | -51.5% |
| 1996 | 228,966 ha | +30.2% |
| 1997 | 188,463 ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 236,880 ha | +25.7% |
| 1999 | 232,660 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 182,180 ha | -21.7% |
| 2001 | 201,420 ha | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 201,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 197,320 ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 185,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 170,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 95,000 ha | -44.1% |
| 2007 | 90,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 85,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 84,271 ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 87,843 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 36,382 ha | -58.6% |
| 2012 | 82,169 ha | +125.9% |
| 2013 | 123,556 ha | +50.4% |
| 2014 | 163,180 ha | +32.1% |
| 2015 | 189,825 ha | +16.3% |
| 2016 | 108,082 ha | -43.1% |
| 2017 | 100,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 93,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 100,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 100,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 162,707 ha, 61% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 100,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 36% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +353.0% | 80,000 ha | 362,400 ha |
| 2012 | +125.9% | 36,382 ha | 82,169 ha |
| 1981 | +80.7% | 109,000 ha | 197,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132,444 ha | 122,000 ha | 138,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 121,280 ha | 83,000 ha | 150,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 223,870 ha | 109,000 ha | 281,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 180,267 ha | 80,000 ha | 362,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 149,161 ha | 84,271 ha | 201,420 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 108,404 ha | 36,382 ha | 189,825 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Somalia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Somalia was 100,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 362,400 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,382 ha in 2011.
- How does Somalia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 77th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.