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
181
Highest
295.14 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
384,930 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,832

What the numbers show

Maize (corn) — Production is currently reported for 181 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 384,930 t, and the mean is 6.45 million t.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 84 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
3 United Republic of Tanzania 10.08 million t 2024 up 49.7% volatile
4 Argentina 57.49 million t 2024 up 73.8% volatile
5 India 40.23 million t 2024 up 66.7% volatile
5 Türkiye 8.10 million t 2024 up 36.1% volatile
6 Ukraine 26.86 million t 2024 down 5.7% volatile
6 Viet Nam 4.40 million t 2024 down 15.4% volatile
7 Mexico 24.33 million t 2024 up 4.5% rising
7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.83 million t 2024 up 22.8% volatile
8 Canada 15.34 million t 2024 up 32.2% volatile
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.39 million t 2024 up 18.5% volatile
9 Indonesia 15.14 million t 2024 down 20.4% volatile
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.30 million t 2024 down 2.1% rising
10 France 14.67 million t 2024 down 20.0% rising
10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.12 million t 2024 up 11.1% volatile
11 Russian Federation 13.95 million t 2024 up 23.1% volatile
12 South Africa 12.85 million t 2024 down 9.8% rising
12 Republic of Moldova 716,903 t 2024 down 53.9% rising
13 Ethiopia 11.70 million t 2024 up 51.4% volatile
13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 515,300 t 2024 down 63.5% volatile
14 Yugoslav SFR 11.56 million t 1991 up 17.8% rising
14 Syrian Arab Republic 320,113 t 2024 up 377.2% volatile
15 Nigeria 11.16 million t 2024 up 3.5% volatile
15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 269,805 t 2024 down 83.7% volatile
16 USSR 9.79 million t 1991 up 3.9% rising
16 Timor-Leste 70,000 t 2024 down 31.7% volatile
17 Poland 9.22 million t 2024 up 106.4% volatile
17 Melanesia 23,659 t 2024 up 26.3% volatile
18 Pakistan 9.20 million t 2024 up 86.4% volatile
18 Micronesia 90.59 t 2024 down 7.4% rising
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 90.59 t 2024 down 7.4% rising
19 Philippines 8.14 million t 2024 up 4.7% rising
20 Egypt 7.21 million t 2024 down 10.6% rising
21 Serbia and Montenegro 7.10 million t 2005 up 21.7% rising
22 Romania 5.97 million t 2024 down 50.2% rising
23 Hungary 5.30 million t 2024 down 43.1% rising
24 Serbia 5.11 million t 2024 down 35.8% rising
25 Germany 5.01 million t 2024 down 2.6% volatile
25 Côte d'Ivoire 1.64 million t 2024 up 141.3% volatile
26 Uganda 5.00 million t 2024 up 74.3% volatile
27 Italy 4.94 million t 2024 down 46.5% rising
27 Caribbean 490,518 t 2024 down 37.9% rising
28 Bangladesh 4.59 million t 2024 up 116.2% volatile
29 Thailand 4.56 million t 2024 down 5.1% rising
29 Cabo Verde 5 t 2024 down 99.5% volatile
30 Kenya 4.02 million t 2024 up 14.5% rising
31 Mali 3.95 million t 2024 up 126.6% volatile
32 Paraguay 3.94 million t 2024 up 23.2% volatile
33 Ghana 3.79 million t 2024 up 115.3% volatile
34 Spain 3.50 million t 2024 down 26.7% rising
35 Angola 3.35 million t 2024 up 98.7% volatile
36 Nepal 3.19 million t 2024 up 39.9% rising
37 Malawi 3.00 million t 2024 down 24.6% volatile
38 Mozambique 2.32 million t 2024 up 70.9% volatile
39 Guatemala 2.26 million t 2024 up 24.6% rising
40 Cameroon 2.20 million t 2024 up 12.3% volatile
41 Benin 2.09 million t 2024 up 54.7% volatile
42 Croatia 2.07 million t 2024 up 1.0% rising
43 Austria 2.06 million t 2024 down 11.8% rising
44 Myanmar 2.05 million t 2024 up 21.1% volatile
45 Burkina Faso 1.85 million t 2024 up 29.1% volatile
46 Belarus 1.70 million t 2024 up 183.6% volatile
47 Peru 1.69 million t 2024 up 10.2% rising
48 Bulgaria 1.64 million t 2024 down 47.9% rising
49 Ethiopia PDR 1.53 million t 1992 up 27.2% rising
50 Zambia 1.51 million t 2024 down 54.9% volatile
51 Colombia 1.49 million t 2024 down 17.4% rising
52 Cambodia 1.38 million t 2024 up 191.1% volatile
53 Ecuador 1.20 million t 2024 down 28.3% volatile
54 Slovakia 1.06 million t 2024 down 41.4% rising
55 Togo 1.01 million t 2024 up 21.2% volatile
56 Kazakhstan 1.01 million t 2024 up 51.4% volatile
57 Greece 960,030 t 2024 down 48.5% volatile
58 Guinea 937,000 t 2024 up 34.2% volatile
59 Uzbekistan 866,836 t 2024 up 110.6% volatile
60 Kyrgyzstan 805,250 t 2024 up 44.8% rising
61 El Salvador 785,000 t 2024 down 4.2% rising
62 Czechoslovakia 779,555 t 1992 down 17.1% rising
63 Senegal 774,000 t 2024 up 333.1% volatile
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 762,288 t 2024 down 4.7% rising
65 Honduras 730,330 t 2024 up 29.1% rising
66 Czechia 712,240 t 2024 down 14.4% rising
67 Australia and New Zealand 691,471 t 2024 up 10.2% rising
68 Zimbabwe 634,699 t 2024 down 34.9% falling
69 Rwanda 627,086 t 2024 up 75.6% volatile
70 Portugal 617,530 t 2024 down 31.2% rising
71 Burundi 590,000 t 2024 up 361.6% volatile
72 Uruguay 581,658 t 2024 up 3.0% volatile
73 Chile 530,937 t 2024 down 55.2% volatile
74 Belgium 501,790 t 2024 down 24.3% falling
75 Iraq 500,000 t 2024 up 72.8% volatile
76 Australia 447,027 t 2024 up 14.5% rising
77 Albania 410,438 t 2024 up 8.0% rising
78 Belgium-Luxembourg 405,482 t 1999 up 655.1% volatile
79 Chad 394,045 t 2024 up 18.4% volatile
80 Slovenia 384,930 t 2024 up 9.8% rising
81 Nicaragua 355,856 t 2023 down 27.9% rising
82 Tajikistan 340,000 t 2024 up 75.1% volatile
83 Azerbaijan 302,690 t 2024 up 48.7% volatile
84 Madagascar 265,000 t 2024 down 27.6% volatile
85 Afghanistan 260,000 t 2024 down 17.7% falling
86 New Zealand 244,444 t 2024 up 3.1% rising
87 Sri Lanka 223,496 t 2024 down 7.3% volatile
88 China, Taiwan Province of 220,070 t 2024 up 32.7% volatile
89 Cuba 220,000 t 2024 down 48.7% volatile
90 Georgia 211,500 t 2024 down 27.5% falling
91 Central African Republic 200,000 t 2024 up 151.3% volatile
92 Haiti 175,000 t 2024 down 45.4% rising
93 South Sudan 157,000 t 2024 down 41.4% falling
94 Switzerland 156,750 t 2024 down 7.2% rising
95 North Macedonia 130,413 t 2024 down 7.0% flat
96 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 122,710 t 2024 down 29.1% volatile
97 Lithuania 111,740 t 2024 down 2.8% volatile
98 Belize 104,890 t 2024 up 51.6% volatile
99 Dominican Republic 91,449 t 2024 up 154.2% flat
100 Republic of Korea 89,000 t 2024 up 8.5% rising
101 Panama 88,900 t 2024 down 36.8% rising
102 Eswatini 75,000 t 2024 down 37.0% rising
103 Morocco 73,227 t 2024 down 24.8% volatile
104 Somalia 69,000 t 2024 down 35.5% volatile
105 Saudi Arabia 67,441 t 2024 down 15.7% volatile
106 Denmark 62,660 t 2024 down 14.0% falling
107 Yemen 58,000 t 2024 down 11.2% rising
108 Lesotho 56,443 t 2024 down 37.3% falling
109 Gabon 45,976 t 2024 up 6.6% volatile
110 Niger 44,298 t 2024 down 21.7% volatile
111 Israel 43,671 t 2024 down 73.3% volatile
112 Sudan (former) 42,000 t 2011 down 20.8% rising
113 Namibia 30,056 t 2024 down 46.3% volatile
114 Kuwait 30,030 t 2024 down 37.6% volatile
115 Bhutan 27,636 t 2024 down 64.2% falling
116 Sierra Leone 27,443 t 2024 up 31.9% volatile
117 Gambia 25,817 t 2024 down 14.8% volatile
118 Sudan 22,170 t 2024 down 53.8% falling
119 United Arab Emirates 20,216 t 2024 up 683.6% volatile
120 Comoros 20,105 t 2024 up 35.8% volatile
121 Eritrea 20,000 t 2024 up 11.1% rising
122 Botswana 18,000 t 2024 down 37.0% volatile
122 Mauritania 18,000 t 2024 up 43.3% volatile
124 Sweden 15,500 t 2024 up 237.0% rising
125 Guinea-Bissau 15,000 t 2024 up 114.3% volatile
125 Réunion 15,000 t 2006 down 7.7% flat
127 Congo 13,000 t 2024 up 56.3% rising
128 Papua New Guinea 12,926 t 2024 up 4.8% volatile
129 Algeria 12,000 t 2024 up 366.6% volatile
130 Costa Rica 8,042 t 2024 down 22.9% volatile
131 New Caledonia 7,326 t 2024 up 61.4% volatile
132 Turkmenistan 6,740 t 2024 down 86.5% volatile
133 Armenia 6,298 t 2024 down 68.8% volatile
134 Lebanon 5,000 t 2024 up 66.7% volatile
135 Guyana 4,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
136 Libya 3,800 t 2024 up 13.0% volatile
137 Montenegro 3,464 t 2024 up 4.8% volatile
138 Oman 2,492 t 2024 down 74.6% falling
139 Fiji 2,421 t 2024 up 148.2% volatile
140 Jamaica 2,381 t 2024 down 4.4% volatile
141 Luxembourg 1,720 t 2024 up 2.9% volatile
142 Qatar 1,605 t 2024 down 7.2% volatile
143 Malaysia 1,317 t 2024 — volatile
144 Mauritius 1,289 t 2024 up 106.2% volatile
145 Vanuatu 985.44 t 2024 up 10.7% rising
146 Sao Tome and Principe 796.13 t 2024 down 4.0% volatile
147 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 785 t 1980 down 60.8% volatile
148 Bahamas 604.91 t 2024 down 12.0% rising
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 427 t 2024 down 50.2% volatile
150 Puerto Rico 232.87 t 2024 up 2,224.1% volatile
151 Dominica 194.19 t 2024 up 0.2% rising
152 Grenada 177.21 t 2024 down 56.8% falling
153 Japan 168.87 t 2024 down 9.2% volatile
154 Maldives 147.36 t 2024 up 5.3% volatile
155 Suriname 111.2 t 2024 up 27.8% volatile
156 Guadeloupe 100 t 1977 down 88.8% volatile
157 French Guiana 90 t 2006 up 210.3% volatile
158 Antigua and Barbuda 50.37 t 2024 down 30.1% rising
159 Djibouti 17.41 t 2024 up 5.8% rising
160 Barbados 1.1 t 2024 down 98.6% volatile
161 Jordan 0 t 2024 — volatile
161 Saint Lucia 0 t 1980 down 100.0% falling
161 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.

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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.