Maize (corn) production over time (1961–2024)

Follow maize (corn) production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Maize (corn) production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: United States 378M t, China 295M t, Brazil 115M t, Argentina 57.5M t, India 40.2M t, Japan 169 t.0200M400M600M1961197019801990200020102024United StatesUnited StatesChinaChinaBrazilBrazilArgentinaArgentinaIndiaIndiaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
United States91.4M t105M t169M t202M t252M t316M t358M t378M t
China18M t33M t62.6M t96.8M t106M t177M t261M t295M t
Brazil9.04M t14.2M t20.4M t21.3M t32.3M t55.4M t104M t115M t
Argentina4.85M t9.36M t6.4M t5.4M t16.8M t22.7M t58.4M t57.5M t
India4.31M t7.49M t6.96M t8.96M t12M t21.1M t30.9M t40.2M t
Japan116K t32.9K t3.5K t807 t180 t166 t172 t169 t
Countries with data127129129131154156159159

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19612024ChangeRank
United States91.4M t378M tup 286M t#1 → #1
China18M t295M tup 277M t#2 → #2
Brazil9.04M t115M tup 106M t#3 → #3
Argentina4.85M t57.5M tup 52.6M t#7 → #4
India4.31M t40.2M tup 35.9M t#8 → #5
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
Afghanistan700K t260K tdown 440K t#26 → #89
Zimbabwe1.01M t635K tdown 379K t#20 → #71
Japan116K t169 tdown 116K t#59 → #152
Morocco130K t73.2K tdown 56.8K t#56 → #106
Lesotho110K t56.4K tdown 53.6K t#60 → #112

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
United States91.4M t105M t169M t202M t252M t316M t358M t378M t
China18M t33M t62.6M t96.8M t106M t177M t261M t295M t
Brazil9.04M t14.2M t20.4M t21.3M t32.3M t55.4M t104M t115M t
Argentina4.85M t9.36M t6.4M t5.4M t16.8M t22.7M t58.4M t57.5M t
India4.31M t7.49M t6.96M t8.96M t12M t21.1M t30.9M t40.2M t
Ukraine––––3.85M t12M t30.3M t26.9M t
Mexico6.25M t8.88M t12.4M t14.6M t17.6M t23.3M t27.4M t24.3M t
Canada742K t2.63M t5.75M t7.07M t6.95M t12M t13.6M t15.3M t
Indonesia2.28M t2.83M t3.99M t6.73M t9.68M t18.3M t12.9M t15.1M t
France2.48M t7.49M t9.32M t9.4M t16M t14M t13.7M t14.7M t
Russia––––1.49M t3.08M t13.9M t14M t
South Africa5.29M t6.18M t11M t9.18M t11.4M t12.8M t15.8M t12.9M t
Ethiopia––––2.68M t5.48M t10.9M t11.7M t
Nigeria1.11M t1.44M t612K t5.77M t4.11M t7.68M t12.4M t11.2M t
Tanzania590K t488K t1.73M t2.45M t1.97M t4.73M t6.71M t10.1M t
Poland33K t12K t57.8K t290K t923K t1.99M t6.69M t9.22M t
Pakistan488K t717K t970K t1.18M t1.64M t3.71M t8.94M t9.2M t
Philippines1.27M t2.01M t3.11M t5.1M t4.51M t6.38M t8.12M t8.14M t
Türkiye1.02M t1.04M t1.24M t2.1M t2.3M t4.31M t6.5M t8.1M t
Egypt1.62M t2.4M t3.23M t4.8M t6.47M t7.04M t7.59M t7.21M t
Romania5.74M t6.54M t10.6M t6.81M t4.9M t9.04M t10.1M t5.97M t
Hungary2.74M t4.07M t6.67M t4.5M t4.98M t6.98M t8.37M t5.3M t
Serbia–––––7.21M t7.87M t5.11M t
Germany26.2K t521K t676K t1.55M t3.32M t4.21M t4.02M t5.01M t
Uganda196K t388K t286K t602K t1.1M t2.37M t3.5M t5M t
Italy3.94M t4.75M t6.38M t5.86M t10.1M t8.5M t6.79M t4.94M t
Bangladesh7.11K t3K t1.38K t3.35K t10K t887K t4.02M t4.59M t
Thailand598K t1.94M t3M t3.72M t4.47M t4.86M t4.99M t4.56M t
Vietnam292K t257K t429K t671K t2.01M t4.61M t4.56M t4.4M t
Kenya940K t1.47M t1.62M t2.29M t2.16M t3.46M t3.79M t4.02M t
Mali69.8K t57.8K t45.4K t197K t215K t1.36M t3.52M t3.95M t
Paraguay110K t220K t351K t420K t647K t3.11M t5.83M t3.94M t
Ghana226K t482K t382K t553K t1.01M t1.87M t3.07M t3.79M t
Spain1.07M t1.85M t2.31M t3.04M t3.99M t3.32M t4.21M t3.5M t
Angola430K t456K t360K t180K t395K t1.07M t2.97M t3.35M t
Nepal843K t833K t743K t1.23M t1.41M t1.86M t2.84M t3.19M t
Malawi815K t900K t1.19M t1.34M t2.5M t3.42M t3.69M t3M t
Venezuela420K t710K t575K t1M t1.69M t2.37M t1.64M t2.83M t
Democratic Republic of the Congo370K t428K t594K t1.01M t1.18M t1.78M t2.19M t2.39M t
Mozambique370K t373K t380K t453K t1.18M t2.09M t1.63M t2.32M t
North Korea1.25M t1.61M t2.7M t4M t1.04M t1.68M t2.21M t2.3M t
Guatemala518K t786K t902K t1.27M t1.05M t1.64M t1.97M t2.26M t
Cameroon360K t412K t414K t369K t741K t1.67M t2.09M t2.2M t
Benin220K t231K t271K t410K t750K t1.01M t1.61M t2.09M t
Croatia––––1.19M t2.07M t2.43M t2.07M t
Austria198K t612K t1.29M t1.62M t1.85M t1.96M t2.41M t2.06M t
Myanmar54.9K t47.5K t166K t187K t359K t1.35M t2.07M t2.05M t
Burkina Faso75K t55.3K t105K t258K t423K t1.13M t1.92M t1.85M t
Belarus––––30K t551K t1.08M t1.7M t
Peru340K t615K t493K t632K t1.24M t1.54M t1.45M t1.69M t
Côte d’Ivoire99K t231K t380K t484K t577K t642K t1.18M t1.64M t
Bulgaria1.42M t2.38M t2.26M t1.22M t804K t2.05M t3.01M t1.64M t
Zambia660K t570K t937K t1.09M t1.04M t2.8M t3.39M t1.51M t
Colombia758K t877K t854K t1.21M t1.2M t1.42M t1.39M t1.49M t
Cambodia174K t137K t101K t88K t157K t773K t900K t1.38M t
Ecuador153K t256K t242K t465K t588K t984K t1.3M t1.2M t
Bolivia259K t286K t383K t391K t653K t1.02M t955K t1.12M t
Slovakia––––440K t921K t1.64M t1.06M t
Togo72.9K t182K t138K t285K t482K t638K t885K t1.01M t
Kazakhstan––––249K t462K t958K t1.01M t
Greece228K t511K t1.28M t2.01M t2.09M t2.14M t1.18M t960K t
Guinea95K t68K t90K t111K t329K t584K t793K t937K t
Uzbekistan––––131K t232K t475K t867K t
Kyrgyzstan––––338K t441K t714K t805K t
El Salvador176K t363K t529K t603K t583K t768K t781K t785K t
Senegal28.3K t38.7K t56.8K t133K t78.6K t187K t762K t774K t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––472K t853K t1.43M t762K t
Honduras258K t339K t387K t558K t534K t548K t667K t730K t
Moldova––––1.03M t1.42M t785K t717K t
Czechia––––304K t693K t826K t712K t
Zimbabwe1.01M t1.09M t1.51M t1.97M t1.62M t1.19M t1.2M t635K t
Rwanda28.4K t64.1K t85.1K t101K t62.5K t432K t449K t627K t
Portugal632K t628K t532K t666K t882K t626K t682K t618K t
Burundi95K t130K t140K t168K t118K t126K t406K t590K t
Uruguay224K t189K t126K t112K t64.7K t529K t763K t582K t
Chile163K t239K t405K t823K t652K t1.36M t593K t531K t
Laos17K t25K t28.4K t66.6K t117K t1.02M t684K t515K t
Belgium––––397K t746K t421K t502K t
Iraq1.9K t5.9K t59.6K t172K t55K t267K t419K t500K t
Australia159K t192K t151K t219K t406K t328K t268K t447K t
Albania154K t227K t277K t227K t206K t362K t399K t410K t
Chad9K t12K t25K t28.8K t64K t216K t407K t394K t
Slovenia––––282K t311K t430K t385K t
Tajikistan––––37.8K t151K t182K t340K t
Syria9.89K t7.79K t48.1K t180K t191K t133K t227K t320K t
Azerbaijan––––104K t136K t315K t303K t
Iran14K t35K t60K t130K t1.12M t1.66M t564K t270K t
Madagascar117K t109K t128K t155K t170K t412K t225K t265K t
Afghanistan700K t667K t752K t480K t115K t301K t272K t260K t
New Zealand10.3K t58.6K t156K t162K t181K t189K t190K t244K t
Sri Lanka9.42K t14.4K t21.2K t33.4K t31.1K t162K t314K t223K t
Cuba97K t85K t95K t65K t273K t324K t257K t220K t
Georgia––––296K t141K t255K t212K t
Central African Republic40K t42.2K t40.9K t51.1K t101K t83.3K t202K t200K t
Haiti228K t240K t179K t163K t203K t340K t131K t175K t
South Sudan––––––181K t157K t
Switzerland8.3K t54.5K t91.3K t233K t212K t144K t220K t157K t
North Macedonia––––125K t132K t150K t130K t
Netherlands729 t4K t2K t30K t223K t197K t166K t123K t
Lithuania––––9.9K t47.5K t142K t112K t
Belize4K t15.9K t18.8K t18.7K t31.7K t58K t83.3K t105K t
Dominican Republic50.2K t45K t44.5K t39.7K t23.9K t35.1K t51.1K t91.4K t
South Korea16.2K t63K t154K t120K t64.2K t74.3K t91.8K t89K t
Panama74K t56.4K t55K t99.3K t84.6K t66.7K t133K t88.9K t
Eswatini30K t62.6K t96.7K t104K t113K t84.7K t87K t75K t
Morocco130K t320K t333K t436K t95K t279K t29.9K t73.2K t
Timor-Leste17.5K t16.9K t50K t86.1K t88.4K t149K t77.6K t70K t
Somalia120K t109K t110K t78.7K t266K t133K t75K t69K t
Saudi Arabia2K t4K t991 t4.26K t40.6K t79.4K t59.2K t67.4K t
Denmark–––––45.7K t38.7K t62.7K t
Yemen12.2K t13K t52K t65.6K t47.6K t89.5K t86.2K t58K t
Lesotho110K t66.5K t106K t172K t107K t128K t21.8K t56.4K t
Gabon8.5K t8K t9.98K t22.9K t25.9K t39.3K t46.3K t46K t
Niger2.19K t1.56K t10K t1.76K t3.78K t9.76K t6.42K t44.3K t
Israel7.8K t4.6K t13.7K t95.6K t70.8K t86.5K t74.5K t43.7K t
Namibia20K t23K t32K t28.5K t31.6K t53.1K t60.1K t30.1K t
Kuwait––27 t580 t5.55K t18.3K t25.8K t30K t
Bhutan48K t62.5K t77.5K t40K t48.5K t57.7K t41K t27.6K t
Sierra Leone8.94K t10.6K t12K t12.3K t8.9K t51.4K t26.5K t27.4K t
Gambia457 t3.1K t6.3K t13.6K t22K t66K t17.4K t25.8K t
Sudan––––––13.6K t22.2K t
United Arab Emirates–––3.55K t3.67K t5.23K t26.4K t20.2K t
Comoros2.3K t3.5K t5.2K t3.57K t3.79K t11.7K t18.1K t20.1K t
Eritrea––––5.32K t18K t20K t20K t
Botswana616 t2.1K t11.6K t11.8K t9.35K t10.6K t61.9K t18K t
Mauritania3.2K t3.8K t5K t2.41K t13.7K t19.9K t15K t18K t
Sweden––––––12.5K t15.5K t
Guinea-Bissau2K t2K t12K t13.7K t25.7K t12.3K t13.5K t15K t
Republic of the Congo1.5K t4K t8.99K t4.63K t6.36K t10.5K t13K t13K t
Papua New Guinea119 t140 t1.54K t2.5K t7.2K t11K t12.9K t12.9K t
Algeria5.69K t6.44K t1.48K t231 t1.56K t359 t3.22K t12K t
Costa Rica51.9K t71.3K t75.3K t66.5K t18.5K t18.8K t14.2K t8.04K t
Turkmenistan––––9.7K t5.61K t14.3K t6.74K t
Armenia––––5.92K t12.8K t6.47K t6.3K t
Lebanon12.5K t1.12K t2K t2.9K t3.5K t6.02K t3K t5K t
Guyana1.3K t1.86K t1.68K t3K t3.83K t4.34K t4K t4K t
Libya2K t1.26K t931 t400 t5.78K t2.9K t3.41K t3.8K t
Montenegro–––––1.69K t2.55K t3.46K t
Oman––––21.4K t10.4K t26.8K t2.49K t
Fiji220 t711 t700 t1.95K t979 t923 t1.7K t2.42K t
Jamaica3.56K t4.4K t4.39K t2.16K t1.77K t2.36K t2.02K t2.38K t
Luxembourg––––2.04K t3.12K t660 t1.72K t
Qatar–––108 t1.79K t1.87K t947 t1.61K t
Malaysia8K t16.2K t8K t35K t–––1.32K t
Mauritius180 t529 t732 t2.27K t623 t328 t778 t1.29K t
Vanuatu350 t450 t650 t700 t726 t823 t946 t985 t
São Tomé & Príncipe400 t470 t450 t2.7K t2.23K t1.56K t760 t796 t
Bahamas100 t510 t719 t750 t312 t678 t601 t605 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines400 t430 t530 t2.5K t600 t582 t848 t427 t
Dominica130 t160 t230 t150 t175 t170 t192 t194 t
Grenada550 t530 t447 t258 t305 t343 t384 t177 t
Japan116K t32.9K t3.5K t807 t180 t166 t172 t169 t
Maldives3 t5 t7 t4 t49.9 t107 t147 t147 t
Suriname1.23K t192 t290 t274 t40 t35 t38 t111 t
Micronesia––––52.4 t70.7 t90 t90.6 t
Antigua & Barbuda–60 t29 t50 t48 t63.4 t55.7 t50.4 t
Djibouti–––10 t11 t14.1 t16.9 t17.4 t
Cape Verde13K t924 t8.5K t11.4K t24.3K t7.05K t432 t5 t
Barbados716 t1.6K t2K t2.3K t300 t260 t86 t1.1 t
United Kingdom–2K t785 t–––––
Jordan817 t100 t459 t3.73K t––––
St. Lucia50 t21 t––––––
Nicaragua140K t236K t182K t293K t412K t457K t371K t–
Trinidad & Tobago2.4K t1.58K t3.18K t3.38K t975 t–––
Countries with data127129129131154156159159

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31

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