Maize (corn) — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
183
Highest
295.14 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
340,000 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,832

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Production is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 295.14 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 340,000 t, and the mean is 6.31 million t.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 2,224.1%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).

Maize (corn) — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 295.14 million t 2024 up 36.8% volatile
2 China, mainland 294.92 million t 2024 up 36.8% volatile
3 Brazil 114.95 million t 2024 up 43.9% volatile
4 Argentina 57.49 million t 2024 up 73.8% volatile
5 India 40.23 million t 2024 up 66.7% volatile
6 Ukraine 26.86 million t 2024 down 5.7% volatile
7 Mexico 24.33 million t 2024 up 4.5% rising
8 Canada 15.34 million t 2024 up 32.2% volatile
9 Indonesia 15.14 million t 2024 down 20.4% volatile
10 France 14.67 million t 2024 down 20.0% rising
11 Russian Federation 13.95 million t 2024 up 23.1% volatile
12 Ethiopia 11.70 million t 2024 up 51.4% volatile
13 Yugoslav SFR 11.56 million t 1991 up 17.8% rising
14 Nigeria 11.16 million t 2024 up 3.5% volatile
15 United Republic of Tanzania 10.08 million t 2024 up 49.7% volatile
16 USSR 9.79 million t 1991 up 3.9% rising
17 Poland 9.22 million t 2024 up 106.4% volatile
18 Pakistan 9.20 million t 2024 up 86.4% volatile
19 Philippines 8.14 million t 2024 up 4.7% rising
20 Türkiye 8.10 million t 2024 up 36.1% volatile
21 Egypt 7.21 million t 2024 down 10.6% rising
22 Serbia and Montenegro 7.10 million t 2005 up 21.7% rising
23 Romania 5.97 million t 2024 down 50.2% rising
24 Hungary 5.30 million t 2024 down 43.1% rising
25 Serbia 5.11 million t 2024 down 35.8% rising
26 Germany 5.01 million t 2024 down 2.6% volatile
27 Uganda 5.00 million t 2024 up 74.3% volatile
28 Italy 4.94 million t 2024 down 46.5% rising
29 Bangladesh 4.59 million t 2024 up 116.2% volatile
30 Thailand 4.56 million t 2024 down 5.1% rising
31 Viet Nam 4.40 million t 2024 down 15.4% volatile
32 Kenya 4.02 million t 2024 up 14.5% rising
33 Mali 3.95 million t 2024 up 126.6% volatile
34 Paraguay 3.94 million t 2024 up 23.2% volatile
35 Ghana 3.79 million t 2024 up 115.3% volatile
36 Spain 3.50 million t 2024 down 26.7% rising
37 Angola 3.35 million t 2024 up 98.7% volatile
38 Nepal 3.19 million t 2024 up 39.9% rising
39 Malawi 3.00 million t 2024 down 24.6% volatile
40 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.83 million t 2024 up 22.8% volatile
41 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.39 million t 2024 up 18.5% volatile
42 Mozambique 2.32 million t 2024 up 70.9% volatile
43 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.30 million t 2024 down 2.1% rising
44 Guatemala 2.26 million t 2024 up 24.6% rising
45 Cameroon 2.20 million t 2024 up 12.3% volatile
46 Benin 2.09 million t 2024 up 54.7% volatile
47 Croatia 2.07 million t 2024 up 1.0% rising
48 Austria 2.06 million t 2024 down 11.8% rising
49 Myanmar 2.05 million t 2024 up 21.1% volatile
50 Burkina Faso 1.85 million t 2024 up 29.1% volatile
51 Belarus 1.70 million t 2024 up 183.6% volatile
52 Peru 1.69 million t 2024 up 10.2% rising
53 Côte d'Ivoire 1.64 million t 2024 up 141.3% volatile
54 Bulgaria 1.64 million t 2024 down 47.9% rising
55 Ethiopia PDR 1.53 million t 1992 up 27.2% rising
56 Zambia 1.51 million t 2024 down 54.9% volatile
57 Colombia 1.49 million t 2024 down 17.4% rising
58 Cambodia 1.38 million t 2024 up 191.1% volatile
59 Ecuador 1.20 million t 2024 down 28.3% volatile
60 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.12 million t 2024 up 11.1% volatile
61 Slovakia 1.06 million t 2024 down 41.4% rising
62 Togo 1.01 million t 2024 up 21.2% volatile
63 Kazakhstan 1.01 million t 2024 up 51.4% volatile
64 Greece 960,030 t 2024 down 48.5% volatile
65 Guinea 937,000 t 2024 up 34.2% volatile
66 Uzbekistan 866,836 t 2024 up 110.6% volatile
67 Kyrgyzstan 805,250 t 2024 up 44.8% rising
68 El Salvador 785,000 t 2024 down 4.2% rising
69 Czechoslovakia 779,555 t 1992 down 17.1% rising
70 Senegal 774,000 t 2024 up 333.1% volatile
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 762,288 t 2024 down 4.7% rising
72 Honduras 730,330 t 2024 up 29.1% rising
73 Republic of Moldova 716,903 t 2024 down 53.9% rising
74 Czechia 712,240 t 2024 down 14.4% rising
75 Australia and New Zealand 691,471 t 2024 up 10.2% rising
76 Zimbabwe 634,699 t 2024 down 34.9% falling
77 Rwanda 627,086 t 2024 up 75.6% volatile
78 Portugal 617,530 t 2024 down 31.2% rising
79 Burundi 590,000 t 2024 up 361.6% volatile
80 Uruguay 581,658 t 2024 up 3.0% volatile
81 Chile 530,937 t 2024 down 55.2% volatile
82 Lao People's Democratic Republic 515,300 t 2024 down 63.5% volatile
83 Belgium 501,790 t 2024 down 24.3% falling
84 Iraq 500,000 t 2024 up 72.8% volatile
85 Caribbean 490,518 t 2024 down 37.9% rising
86 Australia 447,027 t 2024 up 14.5% rising
87 Albania 410,438 t 2024 up 8.0% rising
88 Belgium-Luxembourg 405,482 t 1999 up 655.1% volatile
89 Chad 394,045 t 2024 up 18.4% volatile
90 Slovenia 384,930 t 2024 up 9.8% rising
91 Nicaragua 355,856 t 2023 down 27.9% rising
92 Tajikistan 340,000 t 2024 up 75.1% volatile
93 Syrian Arab Republic 320,113 t 2024 up 377.2% volatile
94 Azerbaijan 302,690 t 2024 up 48.7% volatile
95 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 269,805 t 2024 down 83.7% volatile
96 Madagascar 265,000 t 2024 down 27.6% volatile
97 Afghanistan 260,000 t 2024 down 17.7% falling
98 New Zealand 244,444 t 2024 up 3.1% rising
99 Sri Lanka 223,496 t 2024 down 7.3% volatile
100 China, Taiwan Province of 220,070 t 2024 up 32.7% volatile
101 Cuba 220,000 t 2024 down 48.7% volatile
102 Georgia 211,500 t 2024 down 27.5% falling
103 Haiti 175,000 t 2024 down 45.4% rising
104 South Sudan 157,000 t 2024 down 41.4% falling
105 Switzerland 156,750 t 2024 down 7.2% rising
106 North Macedonia 130,413 t 2024 down 7.0% flat
107 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 122,710 t 2024 down 29.1% volatile
108 Lithuania 111,740 t 2024 down 2.8% volatile
109 Belize 104,890 t 2024 up 51.6% volatile
110 Dominican Republic 91,449 t 2024 up 154.2% flat
111 Republic of Korea 89,000 t 2024 up 8.5% rising
112 Panama 88,900 t 2024 down 36.8% rising
113 Eswatini 75,000 t 2024 down 37.0% rising
114 Morocco 73,227 t 2024 down 24.8% volatile
115 Timor-Leste 70,000 t 2024 down 31.7% volatile
116 Somalia 69,000 t 2024 down 35.5% volatile
117 Saudi Arabia 67,441 t 2024 down 15.7% volatile
118 Denmark 62,660 t 2024 down 14.0% falling
119 Yemen 58,000 t 2024 down 11.2% rising
120 Lesotho 56,443 t 2024 down 37.3% falling
121 Gabon 45,976 t 2024 up 6.6% volatile
122 Niger 44,298 t 2024 down 21.7% volatile
123 Israel 43,671 t 2024 down 73.3% volatile
124 Sudan (former) 42,000 t 2011 down 20.8% rising
125 Namibia 30,056 t 2024 down 46.3% volatile
126 Kuwait 30,030 t 2024 down 37.6% volatile
127 Bhutan 27,636 t 2024 down 64.2% falling
128 Sierra Leone 27,443 t 2024 up 31.9% volatile
129 Gambia 25,817 t 2024 down 14.8% volatile
130 Melanesia 23,659 t 2024 up 26.3% volatile
131 Sudan 22,170 t 2024 down 53.8% falling
132 United Arab Emirates 20,216 t 2024 up 683.6% volatile
133 Comoros 20,105 t 2024 up 35.8% volatile
134 Eritrea 20,000 t 2024 up 11.1% rising
135 Botswana 18,000 t 2024 down 37.0% volatile
135 Mauritania 18,000 t 2024 up 43.3% volatile
137 Sweden 15,500 t 2024 up 237.0% rising
138 Guinea-Bissau 15,000 t 2024 up 114.3% volatile
139 Congo 13,000 t 2024 up 56.3% rising
140 Papua New Guinea 12,926 t 2024 up 4.8% volatile
141 Algeria 12,000 t 2024 up 366.6% volatile
142 Costa Rica 8,042 t 2024 down 22.9% volatile
143 New Caledonia 7,326 t 2024 up 61.4% volatile
144 Turkmenistan 6,740 t 2024 down 86.5% volatile
145 Armenia 6,298 t 2024 down 68.8% volatile
146 Lebanon 5,000 t 2024 up 66.7% volatile
147 Guyana 4,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
148 Libya 3,800 t 2024 up 13.0% volatile
149 Montenegro 3,464 t 2024 up 4.8% volatile
150 Oman 2,492 t 2024 down 74.6% falling
151 Fiji 2,421 t 2024 up 148.2% volatile
152 Jamaica 2,381 t 2024 down 4.4% volatile
153 Luxembourg 1,720 t 2024 up 2.9% volatile
154 Qatar 1,605 t 2024 down 7.2% volatile
155 Malaysia 1,317 t 2024 volatile
156 Mauritius 1,289 t 2024 up 106.2% volatile
157 Vanuatu 985.44 t 2024 up 10.7% rising
158 Sao Tome and Principe 796.13 t 2024 down 4.0% volatile
159 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 785 t 1980 down 60.8% volatile
160 Bahamas 604.91 t 2024 down 12.0% rising
161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 427 t 2024 down 50.2% volatile
162 Puerto Rico 232.87 t 2024 up 2,224.1% volatile
163 Dominica 194.19 t 2024 up 0.2% rising
164 Grenada 177.21 t 2024 down 56.8% falling
165 Japan 168.87 t 2024 down 9.2% volatile
166 Maldives 147.36 t 2024 up 5.3% volatile
167 Suriname 111.2 t 2024 up 27.8% volatile
168 Guadeloupe 100 t 1977 down 88.8% volatile
169 Micronesia 90.59 t 2024 down 7.4% rising
169 Micronesia (Federated States of) 90.59 t 2024 down 7.4% rising
171 French Guiana 90 t 2006 up 210.3% volatile
172 Antigua and Barbuda 50.37 t 2024 down 30.1% rising
173 Djibouti 17.41 t 2024 up 5.8% rising
174 Cabo Verde 5 t 2024 down 99.5% volatile
175 Barbados 1.1 t 2024 down 98.6% volatile
176 Estonia 0 t 2024 flat
176 Finland 0 t 2024 flat
176 Ireland 0 t 2024 flat
176 Jordan 0 t 2024 volatile
176 Saint Lucia 0 t 1980 down 100.0% falling
176 Latvia 0 t 2024 flat
176 Malta 0 t 2024 flat
176 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2024 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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
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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.