Maize (corn) — Production in Northern America

Northern America: Maize (corn) — Production was 392.98 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
392.98 million t
Change on year
down 3.0%
Rank
4th
of 33 groups
All-time high
426.15 million t
in 2016
All-time low
89.85 million t
in 1964
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Maize (corn) — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Northern America recorded 392.98 million t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.

The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Northern America peaked at 426.15 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 89.85 million t, in 1964.

Northern America ranks 4th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 105.79 million t 89.85 million t 125.34 million t 9
1970s 154.84 million t 108.11 million t 206.66 million t 10
1980s 188.05 million t 111.96 million t 232.42 million t 10
1990s 226.52 million t 167.49 million t 262.34 million t 10
2000s 288.88 million t 236.77 million t 342.83 million t 10
2010s 358.42 million t 286.25 million t 426.15 million t 10
2020s 385.49 million t 361.28 million t 405.12 million t 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 1 China 295.14 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 294.92 million t compare
  3. 3 Brazil 114.95 million t compare
  4. 4 Argentina 57.49 million t compare
  5. 5 India 40.23 million t compare
  6. 6 Ukraine 26.86 million t compare
  7. 7 Mexico 24.33 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is maize (corn) — production in Northern America?
Maize (corn) — production in Northern America was 392.98 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 426.15 million t in 2016.
What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 89.85 million t in 1964.
How does Northern America rank for maize (corn) — production?
Northern America ranks 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern America 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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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
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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.