Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 1,549 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Vanuatu stood at 1,549 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Vanuatu peaked at 1,568 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1961.
Vanuatu ranks 135th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,270 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,370 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 1,402 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 1,406 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1,410 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1,456 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 1,420 ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 1,414 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,406 ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,390 ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 1,410 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 1,409 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,410 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,410 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,397 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,420 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1,445 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 1,469 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 1,460 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,455 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,400 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 1,446 ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 1,454 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,474 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 1,490 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,495 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,504 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,514 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,526 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,568 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 1,555 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,549 ha | -0.4% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 1,549 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 1% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 1,549 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48,382 ha, 3% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 727.78 ha | 700 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,060 ha | 850 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,272 ha | 1,250 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,408 ha | 1,370 ha | 1,456 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,431 ha | 1,397 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,468 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,504 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,542 ha | 1,514 ha | 1,568 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Vanuatu?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Vanuatu was 1,549 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 1,568 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1961.
- How does Vanuatu rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Vanuatu ranks 135th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.