Maize (corn) — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Maize (corn) — Production was 9.67 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — production in Western Asia stood at 9.67 million t.
That represents a change of down 10.6% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Western Asia peaked at 10.81 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 846,897 t, in 1962.
That places Western Asia 25th out of 33 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 million t | 846,897 t | 1.09 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.32 million t | 1.08 million t | 1.52 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.98 million t | 1.37 million t | 2.67 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.05 million t | 2.63 million t | 3.43 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.49 million t | 3.15 million t | 5.72 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.76 million t | 5.30 million t | 7.76 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.40 million t | 8.03 million t | 10.81 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 35.84 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 13,182 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Western Asia?
- Maize (corn) — production in Western Asia was 9.67 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.81 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 846,897 t in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Western Asia ranks 25th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.