Maize (corn) — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Maize (corn) — Production was 297.53 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Eastern Asia is 297.53 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 297.53 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17.71 million t, in 1962.
Eastern Asia ranks 6th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top 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 | 25.86 million t | 17.71 million t | 32.47 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 46.51 million t | 33.85 million t | 62.79 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.01 million t | 62.25 million t | 83.23 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 112.77 million t | 99.58 million t | 135.04 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 137.73 million t | 107.28 million t | 167.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 233.89 million t | 179.30 million t | 267.52 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 281.43 million t | 263.18 million t | 297.53 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 62.75 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 42.25 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 30.92 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Eastern Asia?
- Maize (corn) — production in Eastern Asia was 297.53 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 297.53 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.71 million t in 1962.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 6th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.