Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 652,727 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) is 652,727 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) peaked at 791,545 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 304,995 ha, in 1982.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 388,720 ha | — |
| 1962 | 483,259 ha | +24.3% |
| 1963 | 426,718 ha | -11.7% |
| 1964 | 443,040 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 461,784 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 466,893 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 616,075 ha | +32.0% |
| 1968 | 626,337 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 641,053 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 588,120 ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 587,702 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 465,062 ha | -20.9% |
| 1973 | 438,918 ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 462,383 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 506,151 ha | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 342,569 ha | -32.3% |
| 1977 | 496,140 ha | +44.8% |
| 1978 | 413,932 ha | -16.6% |
| 1979 | 408,860 ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 394,224 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 311,661 ha | -20.9% |
| 1982 | 304,995 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 310,208 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 312,811 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 466,696 ha | +49.2% |
| 1986 | 650,095 ha | +39.3% |
| 1987 | 685,030 ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 641,648 ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 441,821 ha | -31.1% |
| 1990 | 462,401 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 448,440 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 374,247 ha | -16.5% |
| 1993 | 376,976 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 384,510 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 415,207 ha | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 365,990 ha | -11.9% |
| 1997 | 423,557 ha | +15.7% |
| 1998 | 354,958 ha | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 366,952 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 482,667 ha | +31.5% |
| 2001 | 522,252 ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 447,483 ha | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 531,147 ha | +18.7% |
| 2004 | 616,284 ha | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 672,520 ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 700,871 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 740,372 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 791,545 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 723,664 ha | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 633,407 ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 583,100 ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 599,496 ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 641,125 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 601,920 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 460,671 ha | -23.5% |
| 2016 | 457,639 ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 413,628 ha | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 377,855 ha | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 340,731 ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 394,408 ha | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 534,431 ha | +35.5% |
| 2022 | 611,471 ha | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 627,814 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 652,727 ha | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505,987 ha | 388,720 ha | 641,053 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 470,984 ha | 342,569 ha | 588,120 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 451,919 ha | 304,995 ha | 685,030 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 397,324 ha | 354,958 ha | 462,401 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 622,880 ha | 447,483 ha | 791,545 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 510,957 ha | 340,731 ha | 641,125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 564,170 ha | 394,408 ha | 652,727 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- 5 Argentina 8.74 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.11 million ha compare
- 6 Mexico 6.57 million ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 862,053 ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 5.50 million ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 789,379 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 4.07 million ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 3.40 million ha compare
- 10 USSR 2.97 million ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 2.86 million ha compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 3.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) was 652,727 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 791,545 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 304,995 ha in 1982.
- How does Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 8th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 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.