Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 2,277 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Turkmenistan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Turkmenistan recorded 2,277 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.7% on the previous year and down 87.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Turkmenistan peaked at 50,000 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 2007.
Turkmenistan ranks 128th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 43,000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 50,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1994 | 44,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 35,000 ha | -20.5% |
| 1996 | 20,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1997 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 10,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 15,500 ha | +55.0% |
| 2003 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 2,000 ha | -86.7% |
| 2008 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 3,400 ha | +36.0% |
| 2010 | 3,300 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 25,473 ha | +649.2% |
| 2013 | 21,471 ha | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 17,865 ha | -16.8% |
| 2015 | 14,852 ha | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 2,763 ha | -81.4% |
| 2017 | 3,128 ha | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 3,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 4,234 ha | +36.6% |
| 2020 | 3,910 ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 3,878 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 4,432 ha | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 2,021 ha | -54.4% |
| 2024 | 2,277 ha | +12.7% |
Turkmenistan compared with similar countries
- Turkmenistan's 2,277 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 4% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Turkmenistan's 2,277 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72,751 ha, 3% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Turkmenistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +649.2% | 3,400 ha | 25,473 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29,375 ha | 10,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 10,640 ha | 2,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,959 ha | 2,763 ha | 25,473 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,304 ha | 2,021 ha | 4,432 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkmenistan
More agriculture & rural data for Turkmenistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1236 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 808.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5289 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.4% (2025)
- Rural population 52.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Turkmenistan?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Turkmenistan was 2,277 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 2007.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Turkmenistan ranks 128th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.