Maize (corn) — Production in Suriname
Suriname: Maize (corn) — Production was 111.2 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 111.2 t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Suriname peaked at 1,382 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 24 t, in 2009.
Suriname ranks 155th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Production in Suriname, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,225 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,173 t | -4.2% |
| 1963 | 764 t | -34.9% |
| 1964 | 1,382 t | +80.9% |
| 1965 | 720 t | -47.9% |
| 1966 | 415 t | -42.4% |
| 1967 | 476 t | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 625 t | +31.3% |
| 1969 | 405 t | -35.2% |
| 1970 | 192 t | -52.6% |
| 1971 | 319 t | +66.1% |
| 1972 | 350 t | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 251 t | -28.3% |
| 1974 | 193 t | -23.1% |
| 1975 | 270 t | +39.9% |
| 1976 | 132 t | -51.1% |
| 1977 | 230 t | +74.2% |
| 1978 | 273 t | +18.7% |
| 1979 | 264 t | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 290 t | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 410 t | +41.4% |
| 1982 | 210 t | -48.8% |
| 1983 | 165 t | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 375 t | +127.3% |
| 1985 | 249 t | -33.6% |
| 1986 | 204 t | -18.1% |
| 1987 | 225 t | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 241 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 186 t | -22.8% |
| 1990 | 274 t | +47.3% |
| 1991 | 185 t | -32.5% |
| 1992 | 159 t | -14.1% |
| 1993 | 349 t | +119.5% |
| 1994 | 336 t | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 318 t | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 167 t | -47.5% |
| 1997 | 137 t | -18.0% |
| 1998 | 110 t | -19.7% |
| 1999 | 33 t | -70.0% |
| 2000 | 40 t | +21.2% |
| 2001 | 70 t | +75.0% |
| 2002 | 61 t | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 65 t | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 73 t | +12.3% |
| 2005 | 35 t | -52.1% |
| 2006 | 46 t | +31.4% |
| 2007 | 49 t | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 27 t | -44.9% |
| 2009 | 24 t | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 35 t | +45.8% |
| 2011 | 32 t | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 29 t | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 47 t | +62.1% |
| 2014 | 87 t | +85.1% |
| 2015 | 82 t | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 89 t | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 86 t | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 85 t | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 142 t | +67.1% |
| 2020 | 38 t | -73.2% |
| 2021 | 27 t | -28.9% |
| 2022 | 29 t | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 105 t | +262.1% |
| 2024 | 111.2 t | +5.9% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 111.2 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 221,748 t, 0% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 111.2 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 Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +262.1% | 29 t | 105 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 798.33 t | 405 t | 1,382 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 247.4 t | 132 t | 350 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 255.5 t | 165 t | 410 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 206.8 t | 33 t | 349 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 49 t | 24 t | 73 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.4 t | 29 t | 142 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.04 t | 27 t | 111.2 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 152 Grenada 177.21 t compare
- 153 Japan 168.87 t compare
- 154 Maldives 147.36 t compare
- 156 Guadeloupe 100 t compare
- 157 French Guiana 90 t compare
- 158 Antigua and Barbuda 50.37 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Suriname?
- Maize (corn) — production in Suriname was 111.2 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1,382 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 t in 2009.
- How does Suriname rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Suriname ranks 155th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.