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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- World 1.22 billion t
- Asia 404.47 million t
- Americas 607.97 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 64.82 million t
- Northern America 392.98 million t
- United States of America 377.63 million t
- Middle Africa 8.59 million t
- Eastern Asia 297.53 million t
- South America 185.83 million t
- Europe 108.74 million t
- Africa 96.31 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 93.73 million t
- Eastern Europe 67.14 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 63.22 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 730,611 t
- European Union (27) 58.93 million t
- Southern Asia 58.00 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 43.05 million t
- Eastern Africa 40.02 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 36.25 million t
- Central America 28.67 million t
- Western Africa 27.35 million t
- Western Europe 22.52 million t
- Southern Europe 18.88 million t
- Southern Africa 13.03 million t
- Western Asia 9.67 million t
- Northern Africa 7.32 million t
- Central Asia 3.02 million t
- Oceania 715,221 t
- Northern Europe 189,900 t
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.