Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Sudan (former)
Sudan (former): Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 31,080 ha in 2011. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Sudan (former), 1961–2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2011, maize (corn) — area harvested in Sudan (former) stood at 31,080 ha.
That represents a change of up 17.5% on the previous year and down 56.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Sudan (former) peaked at 125,000 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 11,342 ha, in 1972.
Sudan (former) ranks 99th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Sudan (former), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,677 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,384 ha | +100.2% |
| 1963 | 31,233 ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 33,359 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 17,203 ha | -48.4% |
| 1966 | 16,878 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 35,677 ha | +111.4% |
| 1968 | 28,435 ha | -20.3% |
| 1969 | 50,158 ha | +76.4% |
| 1970 | 52,090 ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 15,543 ha | -70.2% |
| 1972 | 11,342 ha | -27.0% |
| 1973 | 55,870 ha | +392.6% |
| 1974 | 82,584 ha | +47.8% |
| 1975 | 83,170 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 80,650 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 62,170 ha | -22.9% |
| 1978 | 72,250 ha | +16.2% |
| 1979 | 68,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 68,460 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 63,400 ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 59,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1983 | 53,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 50,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 37,000 ha | -26.0% |
| 1986 | 63,000 ha | +70.3% |
| 1987 | 53,000 ha | -15.9% |
| 1988 | 60,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 55,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 125,000 ha | +127.3% |
| 1992 | 120,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 81,000 ha | -32.5% |
| 1994 | 100,000 ha | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 36,540 ha | -63.5% |
| 1996 | 83,160 ha | +127.6% |
| 1997 | 80,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 63,840 ha | -20.2% |
| 1999 | 63,420 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 71,820 ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 71,820 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 63,420 ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 71,820 ha | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 58,380 ha | -18.7% |
| 2005 | 60,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 104,167 ha | +73.6% |
| 2007 | 36,667 ha | -64.8% |
| 2008 | 30,672 ha | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 37,083 ha | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 26,460 ha | -28.6% |
| 2011 | 31,080 ha | +17.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Sudan (former) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +392.6% | 11,342 ha | 55,870 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,223 ha | 16,677 ha | 50,158 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,367 ha | 11,342 ha | 83,170 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,686 ha | 37,000 ha | 68,460 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 80,796 ha | 36,540 ha | 125,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,585 ha | 30,672 ha | 104,167 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,770 ha | 26,460 ha | 31,080 ha | 2 |
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -24.77 % change on previous year (2011)
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 0 % change on previous year (2011)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 0 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate -0.6792 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -0.1543 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.83 % change on previous year (2011)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2011)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -0.7012 % change on previous year (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Sudan (former)?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Sudan (former) was 31,080 ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The highest recorded value was 125,000 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,342 ha in 1972.
- How does Sudan (former) rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Sudan (former) ranks 99th out of 167 countries with data for 2011.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan (former) 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.