Maize (corn) — Production in Algeria
Algeria: Maize (corn) — Production was 12,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Algeria is 12,000 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 366.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Algeria peaked at 18,491 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 185 t, in 1994.
Algeria ranks 141st of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,773 t | 2,700 t | 6,671 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,917 t | 860 t | 6,718 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,254 t | 1,256 t | 5,321 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 377.2 t | 185 t | 662 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,198 t | 575 t | 2,456 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,750 t | 359 t | 6,368 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,342 t | 3,221 t | 18,491 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 138 Guinea-Bissau 15,000 t compare
- 139 Congo 13,000 t compare
- 140 Papua New Guinea 12,926 t compare
- 142 Costa Rica 8,042 t compare
- 143 New Caledonia 7,326 t compare
- 144 Turkmenistan 6,740 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture share gdp 14.51 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.51 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
- Rural population 24.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 234.77 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Algeria?
- Maize (corn) — production in Algeria was 12,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 18,491 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 185 t in 1994.
- How does Algeria rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Algeria ranks 141st out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 366.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.