Maize (corn) — Production in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Maize (corn) — Production was 50.37 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Antigua and Barbuda, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — production in Antigua and Barbuda stood at 50.37 t.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 96 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 18 t, in 1967.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 158th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Production in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 30 t | — |
| 1967 | 18 t | -40.0% |
| 1968 | 30 t | +66.7% |
| 1969 | 45 t | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 60 t | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 80 t | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 92 t | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 28 t | -69.6% |
| 1974 | 37 t | +32.1% |
| 1975 | 60 t | +62.2% |
| 1976 | 51 t | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 30 t | -41.2% |
| 1978 | 35 t | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 96 t | +174.3% |
| 1980 | 29 t | -69.8% |
| 1981 | 45 t | +55.2% |
| 1982 | 59 t | +31.1% |
| 1983 | 68 t | +15.3% |
| 1984 | 29 t | -57.4% |
| 1985 | 38 t | +31.0% |
| 1986 | 40 t | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 48 t | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 57 t | +18.8% |
| 1989 | 60 t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 50 t | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 55 t | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 50.95 t | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 50.22 t | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 49.43 t | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 45 t | -9.0% |
| 1996 | 48.63 t | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 48.94 t | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 49.35 t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 49.73 t | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 48 t | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 50.77 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 50 t | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 55 t | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 60 t | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 61.12 t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 65 t | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 64.85 t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 68 t | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 66.32 t | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 63.44 t | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 71.88 t | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 70.12 t | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 71.77 t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 72.08 t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 74.57 t | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 64.71 t | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 51.47 t | -20.5% |
| 2018 | 36.94 t | -28.2% |
| 2019 | 51.04 t | +38.2% |
| 2020 | 55.67 t | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 47.88 t | -14.0% |
| 2022 | 51.53 t | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 51.69 t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 50.37 t | -2.6% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 50.37 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 88,900 t, 0% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 50.37 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 104,890 t, 0% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Production in Antigua and Barbuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +174.3% | 35 t | 96 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.75 t | 18 t | 45 t | 4 |
| 1970s | 56.9 t | 28 t | 96 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.3 t | 29 t | 68 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.73 t | 45 t | 55 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.91 t | 48 t | 68 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.8 t | 36.94 t | 74.57 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.43 t | 47.88 t | 55.67 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 155 Suriname 111.2 t compare
- 156 Guadeloupe 100 t compare
- 157 French Guiana 90 t compare
- 159 Djibouti 17.41 t compare
- 160 Barbados 1.1 t compare
- 161 Estonia 0 t
- 161 Finland 0 t
- 161 Ireland 0 t
- 161 Jordan 0 t compare
- 161 Latvia 0 t
- 161 Malta 0 t
- 161 Saint Lucia 0 t compare
- 161 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Maize (corn) — production in Antigua and Barbuda was 50.37 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 96 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 t in 1967.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 158th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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.