Maize (corn) — Production in Brazil
Brazil: Maize (corn) — Production was 114.95 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 114.95 million t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.9% on the previous year and up 43.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Brazil peaked at 131.95 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.04 million t, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 3rd of 168 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.04 million t | — |
| 1962 | 9.59 million t | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 10.42 million t | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 9.41 million t | -9.7% |
| 1965 | 12.11 million t | +28.7% |
| 1966 | 11.37 million t | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 12.82 million t | +12.8% |
| 1968 | 12.81 million t | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 12.69 million t | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 14.22 million t | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 14.13 million t | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 14.89 million t | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 14.19 million t | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 16.27 million t | +14.7% |
| 1975 | 16.33 million t | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 17.75 million t | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 19.26 million t | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 13.57 million t | -29.5% |
| 1979 | 16.31 million t | +20.2% |
| 1980 | 20.37 million t | +24.9% |
| 1981 | 21.12 million t | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 21.84 million t | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 18.73 million t | -14.2% |
| 1984 | 21.16 million t | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 22.02 million t | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 20.54 million t | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 26.79 million t | +30.4% |
| 1988 | 24.75 million t | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 26.59 million t | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 21.35 million t | -19.7% |
| 1991 | 23.62 million t | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 30.51 million t | +29.1% |
| 1993 | 30.06 million t | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 32.49 million t | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 36.27 million t | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 29.65 million t | -18.2% |
| 1997 | 32.95 million t | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 29.60 million t | -10.2% |
| 1999 | 32.24 million t | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 32.32 million t | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 41.96 million t | +29.8% |
| 2002 | 35.94 million t | -14.4% |
| 2003 | 48.33 million t | +34.5% |
| 2004 | 41.79 million t | -13.5% |
| 2005 | 35.11 million t | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 42.66 million t | +21.5% |
| 2007 | 52.11 million t | +22.2% |
| 2008 | 58.93 million t | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 50.72 million t | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 55.36 million t | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 55.66 million t | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 71.07 million t | +27.7% |
| 2013 | 80.27 million t | +12.9% |
| 2014 | 79.88 million t | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 85.28 million t | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 64.19 million t | -24.7% |
| 2017 | 97.91 million t | +52.5% |
| 2018 | 82.37 million t | -15.9% |
| 2019 | 101.13 million t | +22.8% |
| 2020 | 103.99 million t | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 88.27 million t | -15.1% |
| 2022 | 109.74 million t | +24.3% |
| 2023 | 131.95 million t | +20.2% |
| 2024 | 114.95 million t | -12.9% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 114.95 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 221,748 t, 518.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 114.95 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 104,890 t, 1095.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.14 million t | 9.04 million t | 12.82 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.69 million t | 13.57 million t | 19.26 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.39 million t | 18.73 million t | 26.79 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.87 million t | 21.35 million t | 36.27 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 43.99 million t | 32.32 million t | 58.93 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.31 million t | 55.36 million t | 101.13 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 109.78 million t | 88.27 million t | 131.95 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Brazil?
- Maize (corn) — production in Brazil was 114.95 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 131.95 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.04 million t in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Brazil ranks 3rd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.