Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 977,974 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Thailand stood at 977,974 ha.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1.92 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 298,004 ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 35th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 298,004 ha | — |
| 1962 | 321,441 ha | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 388,498 ha | +20.9% |
| 1964 | 541,440 ha | +39.4% |
| 1965 | 561,581 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 590,240 ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 598,240 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 606,240 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 680,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 749,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 1971 | 950,000 ha | +26.8% |
| 1972 | 930,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 1.05 million ha | +12.9% |
| 1974 | 1.07 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 1.21 million ha | +12.4% |
| 1976 | 1.12 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 976,046 ha | -12.9% |
| 1978 | 1.31 million ha | +34.6% |
| 1979 | 1.42 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 1.35 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 1.47 million ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 1.31 million ha | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 1.57 million ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 1.74 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 1.92 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 1.82 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 1.36 million ha | -25.2% |
| 1988 | 1.79 million ha | +31.6% |
| 1989 | 1.71 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 1.55 million ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 1.40 million ha | -9.5% |
| 1992 | 1.24 million ha | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 1.22 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 1.35 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 1.26 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 1.31 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 1.20 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 1.38 million ha | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 1.21 million ha | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 1.22 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1.20 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.15 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 1.13 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1.07 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 995,614 ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 989,992 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.04 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 1.10 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 1.16 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 1.15 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.14 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.15 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.13 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.13 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.00 million ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 1.05 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 1.04 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 1.12 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 1.07 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 1.01 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 991,657 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 977,974 ha | -1.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 977,974 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 15.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 977,974 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48,382 ha, 20.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 509,520 ha | 298,004 ha | 680,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.08 million ha | 749,000 ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.60 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 1.92 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.31 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.10 million ha | 989,992 ha | 1.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 million ha | 1.00 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 million ha | 977,974 ha | 1.12 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Thailand?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Thailand was 977,974 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.92 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 298,004 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 35th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.