Oil of maize — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Oil of maize — Production is currently reported for 58 countries. The highest value is 547,727 t in China, People's Republic of; the lowest is 0 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 9,128 t, and the mean is 41,630 t.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Slovak Republic (up 8,304.2%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).
Oil of maize — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, People's Republic of | 547,727 t | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 540,000 t | 2023 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 306,786 t | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 4 | South Africa | 86,800 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 79,300 t | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 78,500 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 75,533 t | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 64,600 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 9 | France | 63,300 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 54,700 t | 2023 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 52,300 t | 2023 | up 320.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 51,200 t | 1999 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Hungary | 39,500 t | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 35,700 t | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 15 | Mozambique, Republic of | 34,337 t | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 32,000 t | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 17,400 t | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 16,691 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 19 | Oman | 15,200 t | 2023 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 14,622 t | 2023 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Colombia | 14,461 t | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 13,944 t | 2023 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 23 | USSR | 13,900 t | 1991 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 24 | Croatia | 13,100 t | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 25 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 12,535 t | 2023 | up 123.9% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 12,531 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 12,404 t | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Yugoslav SFR | 11,589 t | 1991 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 9,331 t | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Kenya | 8,925 t | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 8,600 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Honduras | 8,511 t | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Singapore | 8,300 t | 2023 | up 3,184.7% | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 7,350 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 35 | Ukraine | 6,834 t | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Uruguay | 6,500 t | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 37 | India | 6,263 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 5,500 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Portugal | 4,400 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 40 | Serbia, Republic of | 4,200 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Czechoslovakia | 2,880 t | 1992 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2,520 t | 2005 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 43 | Australia and New Zealand | 2,351 t | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 44 | Slovenia | 2,239 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 45 | Slovak Republic | 1,966 t | 2021 | up 8,304.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Australia | 1,625 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 1,100 t | 2023 | up 239.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Morocco | 914.24 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Israel | 806.65 t | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Romania | 780.48 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 51 | New Zealand | 725.32 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Switzerland | 440.37 t | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 53 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 376.95 t | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 213.59 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Indonesia | 128.44 t | 2023 | down 97.2% | rising |
| 56 | St. Lucia | 106.93 t | 2023 | up 1,436.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 0 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3.08 million t
- Asia 854,219 t
- Americas 1.63 million t
- Eastern Asia 707,172 t
- Northern America 1.14 million t
- South America 467,349 t
- United States of America 1.06 million t
- Europe 405,012 t
- European Union (27) 342,306 t
- Africa 185,818 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 164,781 t
- Southern Europe 139,939 t
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.