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 64 countries. The highest value is 547,727 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 10,460 t, and the mean is 41,220 t.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (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 | 547,727 t | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 540,000 t | 2023 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 80,400 t | 2023 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 306,786 t | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 4 | South Africa | 86,800 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 68,211 t | 2023 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Canada | 79,300 t | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 42,310 t | 2023 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 78,500 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 31,612 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 7 | Japan | 75,533 t | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 64,600 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | 909.82 t | 2023 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 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 | 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 | 12,535 t | 2023 | up 123.9% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 12,531 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Caribbean | 106.93 t | 2023 | up 1,436.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 12,404 t | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Yugoslav SFR | 11,589 t | 1991 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 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 | 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 | Slovakia | 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 | 213.59 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Indonesia | 128.44 t | 2023 | down 97.2% | rising |
| 56 | Saint 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
- Northern America 1.14 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 78,113 t
- United States of America 1.06 million t
- Eastern Asia 707,172 t
- South America 467,349 t
- Europe 405,012 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 8,407 t
- European Union (27) 342,306 t
- Africa 185,818 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 164,781 t
- Western Europe 157,026 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 142,251 t
- Southern Europe 139,939 t
- Western Asia 105,738 t
- Eastern Africa 98,103 t
- Southern Africa 86,800 t
- Eastern Europe 71,246 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 52,212 t
- Northern Europe 36,800 t
- Central America 22,455 t
- South-Eastern Asia 22,298 t
- Central Asia 12,749 t
- Southern Asia 6,263 t
- Oceania 2,351 t
- Northern Africa 914.24 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.