Cereals, primary — Production in Mexico
Mexico: Cereals, primary — Production was 32.64 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Mexico is 32.64 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.8% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Mexico peaked at 38.46 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 8.52 million t, in 1961.
That places Mexico 19th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Mexico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.52 million t | — |
| 1962 | 8.61 million t | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 9.54 million t | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 11.71 million t | +22.8% |
| 1965 | 12.49 million t | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 12.99 million t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 13.07 million t | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 13.93 million t | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 13.84 million t | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 15.01 million t | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 14.81 million t | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 14.39 million t | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 14.86 million t | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 14.62 million t | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 16.63 million t | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 16.48 million t | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 17.97 million t | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 18.90 million t | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 15.65 million t | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 20.89 million t | +33.5% |
| 1981 | 24.63 million t | +17.9% |
| 1982 | 20.26 million t | -17.7% |
| 1983 | 22.68 million t | +12.0% |
| 1984 | 23.64 million t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 27.40 million t | +15.9% |
| 1986 | 22.71 million t | -17.1% |
| 1987 | 23.70 million t | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 21.11 million t | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 21.43 million t | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 25.56 million t | +19.3% |
| 1991 | 23.67 million t | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 26.89 million t | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 25.20 million t | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 26.81 million t | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 26.88 million t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 29.31 million t | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 28.07 million t | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 29.12 million t | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 27.44 million t | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 28.00 million t | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 31.06 million t | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 28.77 million t | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 31.34 million t | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 32.31 million t | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 29.06 million t | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 32.16 million t | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 34.31 million t | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 36.11 million t | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 31.29 million t | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 34.93 million t | +11.6% |
| 2011 | 28.41 million t | -18.7% |
| 2012 | 33.61 million t | +18.3% |
| 2013 | 33.21 million t | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 36.53 million t | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 34.70 million t | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 38.46 million t | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 37.49 million t | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 36.07 million t | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 36.16 million t | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 36.37 million t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 36.58 million t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 36.33 million t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 37.02 million t | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 32.64 million t | -11.8% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 32.64 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.20 million t, 27.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 32.64 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 461,850 t, 70.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.63 million t | 8.52 million t | 13.93 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.93 million t | 14.39 million t | 18.90 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.84 million t | 20.26 million t | 27.40 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.90 million t | 23.67 million t | 29.31 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.44 million t | 28.00 million t | 36.11 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.96 million t | 28.41 million t | 38.46 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.79 million t | 32.64 million t | 37.02 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 16 Germany 38.98 million t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 132,000 t compare
- 17 Thailand 38.64 million t compare
- 17 Melanesia 40,947 t compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 289.81 t compare
- 18 Poland 34.35 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia 289.81 t compare
- 20 Ethiopia 31.76 million t compare
- 21 Myanmar 30.13 million t compare
- 22 Nigeria 28.47 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Mexico?
- Cereals, primary — production in Mexico was 32.64 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 38.46 million t in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.52 million t in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Mexico ranks 19th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Production. 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.