Green corn (maize) — Production in Liberia
Liberia: Green corn (maize) — Production was 24,992 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Production in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — production in Liberia stood at 24,992 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — production in Liberia peaked at 24,992 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,000 t, in 1961.
Liberia ranks 26th of 54 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Production in Liberia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,200 t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 10,300 t | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 10,400 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 10,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 10,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 10,800 t | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 11,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,100 t | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 11,100 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 11,700 t | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 12,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 12,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 13,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 13,200 t | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 13,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 14,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 14,100 t | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 14,500 t | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 15,200 t | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 15,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 16,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 15,336 t | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 15,539 t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 15,742 t | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 15,946 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 16,149 t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 16,353 t | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 16,558 t | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 16,763 t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 16,969 t | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 17,155 t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 17,369 t | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 17,579 t | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 17,790 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 18,002 t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 18,215 t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 18,000 t | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 19,500 t | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 20,286 t | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 20,948 t | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 21,858 t | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 23,000 t | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 24,500 t | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 22,270 t | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 23,444 t | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 24,549 t | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 23,421 t | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 23,796 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 24,080 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 24,392 t | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 24,674 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 24,778 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 24,726 t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 24,859 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 24,992 t | +0.5% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 24,992 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 163,727 t, 15% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,533 t | 10,000 t | 11,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,060 t | 11,000 t | 13,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,330 t | 14,000 t | 16,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,036 t | 15,000 t | 16,969 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,484 t | 17,155 t | 20,948 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,531 t | 21,858 t | 24,549 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,806 t | 24,674 t | 24,992 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 23 El Salvador 44,348 t compare
- 23 Caribbean 41,452 t compare
- 24 Israel 43,671 t compare
- 25 Serbia and Montenegro 30,800 t compare
- 27 Jordan 24,335 t compare
- 28 New Zealand 22,260 t compare
- 29 Palestine 18,866 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — production in Liberia?
- Green corn (maize) — production in Liberia was 24,992 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,992 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 t in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for green corn (maize) — production?
- Liberia ranks 26th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — production rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Green corn (maize) — 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.