Americas vs Argentina: Maize (corn) — Production

Americas
607.97 million t
in 2024
Argentina
57.49 million t
in 2024
Americas rank
2nd
Argentina rank
4th

Maize (corn) — Production over time

  • Americas
  • Argentina
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196119922024

How they compare

Americas currently reports 607.97 million t against 57.49 million t in Argentina, a difference of 550.47 million t.

That makes Americas's figure about 10.6 times Argentina's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.

Americas ranks 2nd and Argentina ranks 4th of 33 groups.

Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Argentina Difference Ahead
1960s 135.68 million t 5.99 million t 129.69 million t Americas
1970s 193.75 million t 8.50 million t 185.25 million t Americas
1980s 239.18 million t 9.47 million t 229.70 million t Americas
1990s 293.85 million t 11.54 million t 282.32 million t Americas
2000s 383.52 million t 16.87 million t 366.65 million t Americas
2010s 513.67 million t 35.63 million t 478.04 million t Americas
2020s 596.05 million t 55.37 million t 540.67 million t Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher maize (corn) — production, Americas or Argentina?
Americas, at 607.97 million t against 57.49 million t in Argentina as of 2024.
What is the difference in maize (corn) — production between Americas and Argentina?
550.47 million t, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Argentina?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and Argentina rank globally for maize (corn) — production?
Americas ranks 2nd and Argentina ranks 4th of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Maize (corn) — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Maize (corn) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
216 places, 11,832 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.