Maize (corn) — Production in Europe

Europe: Maize (corn) — Production was 108.74 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
108.74 million t
Change on year
down 7.4%
Rank
8th
of 33 groups
All-time high
141.87 million t
in 2021
All-time low
34.18 million t
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Maize (corn) — Production in Europe, 1961–2024

25.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M150.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Europe recorded 108.74 million t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Europe peaked at 141.87 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 34.18 million t, in 1965.

Europe ranks 8th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 40.71 million t 34.18 million t 49.31 million t 9
1970s 55.35 million t 46.53 million t 64.65 million t 10
1980s 69.64 million t 60.84 million t 74.83 million t 10
1990s 65.29 million t 54.60 million t 82.60 million t 10
2000s 79.22 million t 63.12 million t 96.03 million t 10
2010s 113.38 million t 85.54 million t 132.78 million t 10
2020s 118.83 million t 102.69 million t 141.87 million t 5

Countries ranked near Europe

  1. 5 India 40.23 million t compare
  2. 6 Ukraine 26.86 million t compare
  3. 7 Mexico 24.33 million t compare
  4. 8 Canada 15.34 million t compare
  5. 9 Indonesia 15.14 million t compare
  6. 10 France 14.67 million t compare
  7. 11 Russian Federation 13.95 million t compare

See the full ranking of 216 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Europe

All data for Europe →

Frequently asked questions

What is maize (corn) — production in Europe?
Maize (corn) — production in Europe was 108.74 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Europe?
The highest recorded value was 141.87 million t in 2021.
What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 34.18 million t in 1965.
How does Europe rank for maize (corn) — production?
Europe ranks 8th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Europe 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

About this data

Indicator
Maize (corn) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
216 places, 11,832 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.