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 86th of 182 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.
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
- 83 Kyrgyzstan 109,937 ha compare
- 84 Lao People's Democratic Republic 103,603 ha compare
- 85 Morocco 101,364 ha compare
- 86 Iraq 100,000 ha compare
- 88 Greece 99,240 ha compare
- 89 Australia and New Zealand 96,763 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 55.79 (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 575.39 million current US$ (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 55.8% (1990)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 55.79 (1990)
- Rural population 8.82 million (2025)
- Rural population 44.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 0 (2024)
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 86th out of 182 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.