Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 28 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 28 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 21.7% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 711 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 2022.
Suriname ranks 172nd of 182 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 428.78 ha | 226 ha | 711 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 131.2 ha | 94 ha | 158 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 158.5 ha | 107 ha | 222 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 100.8 ha | 33 ha | 185 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.1 ha | 10 ha | 36 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29 ha | 11 ha | 54 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.8 ha | 5 ha | 28 ha | 5 |
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- 174 Djibouti 9 ha compare
- 175 Barbados 0 ha compare
- 175 Estonia 0 ha compare
- 175 Ireland 0 ha compare
- 175 Jordan 0 ha compare
- 175 Latvia 0 ha compare
- 175 Malta 0 ha compare
- 175 Saint Lucia 0 ha compare
- 175 Trinidad and Tobago 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
- Rural population 34.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 218,901 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 299.02 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,586 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Suriname?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Suriname was 28 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 711 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 2022.
- How does Suriname rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 172nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.