Maize (corn) — Production in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Maize (corn) — Production was 6,740 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Turkmenistan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Turkmenistan recorded 6,740 t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 53.4% on the previous year and down 86.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Turkmenistan peaked at 214,000 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2,600 t, in 2007.
That places Turkmenistan 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Production in Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 159,000 t | — |
| 1993 | 214,000 t | +34.6% |
| 1994 | 150,000 t | -29.9% |
| 1995 | 121,450 t | -19.0% |
| 1996 | 14,800 t | -87.8% |
| 1997 | 5,300 t | -64.2% |
| 1998 | 7,800 t | +47.2% |
| 1999 | 8,200 t | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 9,700 t | +18.3% |
| 2001 | 10,000 t | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 15,000 t | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 20,000 t | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 15,000 t | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 16,000 t | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,600 t | -83.8% |
| 2008 | 2,750 t | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 5,440 t | +97.8% |
| 2010 | 5,610 t | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 5,510 t | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 48,000 t | +771.1% |
| 2013 | 52,000 t | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 50,000 t | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 51,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 10,292 t | -79.8% |
| 2017 | 11,166 t | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 9,775 t | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 13,426 t | +37.4% |
| 2020 | 14,306 t | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 11,632 t | -18.7% |
| 2022 | 11,629 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,393 t | -62.2% |
| 2024 | 6,740 t | +53.4% |
Turkmenistan compared with similar countries
- Turkmenistan's 6,740 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 221,748 t, 3% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Turkmenistan's 6,740 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 664,885 t, 1% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Production in Turkmenistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +771.1% | 5,510 t | 48,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85,069 t | 5,300 t | 214,000 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 11,249 t | 2,600 t | 20,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,678 t | 5,510 t | 52,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,740 t | 4,393 t | 14,306 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkmenistan
More agriculture & rural data for Turkmenistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1236 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 808.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5289 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.4% (2025)
- Rural population 52.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Turkmenistan?
- Maize (corn) — production in Turkmenistan was 6,740 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 214,000 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,600 t in 2007.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Turkmenistan ranks 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.