Asia vs China: Oil of maize — Production

Asia
854,219 t
in 2023
China
547,727 t
in 2023
Asia rank
1st
China rank
1st

Oil of maize — Production over time

  • Asia
  • China
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How they compare

Asia currently reports 854,219 t against 547,727 t in China, a difference of 306,492 t.

That makes Asia's figure about 1.6 times China's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 8 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia China Difference Ahead
1960s 31,072 t 1,332 t 29,740 t Asia
1970s 69,482 t 5,789 t 63,693 t Asia
1980s 158,900 t 26,197 t 132,703 t Asia
1990s 240,087 t 63,058 t 177,029 t Asia
2000s 323,453 t 132,245 t 191,208 t Asia
2010s 588,557 t 335,911 t 252,646 t Asia
2020s 829,646 t 539,307 t 290,339 t Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oil of maize — production, Asia or China?
Asia, at 854,219 t against 547,727 t in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in oil of maize — production between Asia and China?
306,492 t, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Asia and China rank globally for oil of maize — production?
Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 8 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil of maize — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Oil of maize — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
92 places, 4,919 data points, 1961–2023
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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.