Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Togo
Togo: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 804,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Togo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Togo stood at 804,000 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Togo peaked at 808,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 103,500 ha, in 1972.
Togo ranks 41st of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Togo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 148,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 138,981 ha | -6.1% |
| 1963 | 139,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 175,000 ha | +25.9% |
| 1965 | 183,745 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 192,075 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 188,171 ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 199,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 132,000 ha | -33.7% |
| 1970 | 150,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 103,500 ha | -31.0% |
| 1973 | 103,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 106,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 109,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 114,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 124,450 ha | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 118,400 ha | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 136,900 ha | +15.6% |
| 1980 | 150,300 ha | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 152,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 175,200 ha | +14.7% |
| 1983 | 216,200 ha | +23.4% |
| 1984 | 238,600 ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 200,400 ha | -16.0% |
| 1986 | 196,801 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 224,943 ha | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 267,000 ha | +18.7% |
| 1989 | 267,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 295,712 ha | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 255,400 ha | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 274,200 ha | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 338,900 ha | +23.6% |
| 1994 | 373,579 ha | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 339,565 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 412,118 ha | +21.4% |
| 1997 | 423,534 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 404,107 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 412,018 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 401,053 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 411,581 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 403,153 ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 422,644 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 479,549 ha | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 440,082 ha | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 470,384 ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 468,156 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 494,963 ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 518,955 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 534,572 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 522,630 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 693,035 ha | +32.6% |
| 2013 | 749,288 ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 696,588 ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 571,886 ha | -17.9% |
| 2016 | 675,831 ha | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 694,422 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 715,275 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 743,273 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 721,872 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 755,187 ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 763,336 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 808,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 804,000 ha | -0.5% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 804,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 3.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Togo's 804,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 2.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,219 ha | 132,000 ha | 199,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 121,675 ha | 103,500 ha | 150,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 208,994 ha | 150,300 ha | 267,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 352,913 ha | 255,400 ha | 423,534 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 451,052 ha | 401,053 ha | 518,955 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 659,680 ha | 522,630 ha | 749,288 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 770,479 ha | 721,872 ha | 808,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2033 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5561 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Togo?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Togo was 804,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 808,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,500 ha in 1972.
- How does Togo rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Togo ranks 41st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Togo 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.