Green corn (maize) — Production in Mexico
Mexico: Green corn (maize) — Production was 1.07 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Production in Mexico, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — production in Mexico stood at 1.07 million t.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — production in Mexico peaked at 1.15 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 49,114 t, in 1981.
Mexico ranks 1st of 54 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Production in Mexico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 98,211 t | — |
| 1981 | 49,114 t | -50.0% |
| 1982 | 138,553 t | +182.1% |
| 1983 | 172,898 t | +24.8% |
| 1984 | 174,670 t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 177,786 t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 188,545 t | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 139,874 t | -25.8% |
| 1988 | 160,405 t | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 189,536 t | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 165,821 t | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 203,934 t | +23.0% |
| 1992 | 183,611 t | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 181,080 t | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 244,297 t | +34.9% |
| 1995 | 209,246 t | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 184,557 t | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 192,540 t | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 251,762 t | +30.8% |
| 1999 | 308,770 t | +22.6% |
| 2000 | 342,635 t | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 461,698 t | +34.7% |
| 2002 | 522,850 t | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 503,407 t | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 589,615 t | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 627,279 t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 648,238 t | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 585,596 t | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 610,593 t | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 600,057 t | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 627,092 t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 672,311 t | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 765,545 t | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 756,838 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 811,049 t | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 853,298 t | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 898,793 t | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 999,105 t | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million t | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 971,444 t | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 1.01 million t | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 1.06 million t | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.12 million t | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 1.15 million t | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 1.07 million t | -6.8% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 1.07 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 44,348 t, 24.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 1.07 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 836.1 t, 1279.4× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Production in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +182.1% | 49,114 t | 138,553 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 148,959 t | 49,114 t | 189,536 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 212,562 t | 165,821 t | 308,770 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 549,197 t | 342,635 t | 648,238 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 841,446 t | 627,092 t | 1.06 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 million t | 1.01 million t | 1.15 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
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 green corn (maize) — production in Mexico?
- Green corn (maize) — production in Mexico was 1.07 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — production recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,114 t in 1981.
- How does Mexico rank for green corn (maize) — production?
- Mexico ranks 1st out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — production rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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.