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Which Country Produces the Most Maize?

Maize Production (kt), 2021
Agriculture | June 4, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 153 countries in 2021, USA ranked the highest in maize production with 383,943 kt followed by China and Brazil. On the other end of the scale was Djibouti with 0.017 kt, Suriname with 0.027 kt and Maldives with 0.144 kt.

Total maize production reached 1,210,235 kt in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 3.9 % more than in the previous year and 26.6 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total maize production reached an all time high of 1,210,235 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 204,877 kt in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 3.00 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 31.7 % of maize production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 61.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 79.2 % in 2021.

Data for more countries are available at Maize Production indicator page.

Maize Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Argentina kt 39,793 49,476 43,462 56,861 58,396
Brazil kt 64,188 97,911 82,367 101,126 103,991
Canada kt 13,889 14,096 13,885 13,404 13,563
China kt 263,613 259,071 257,174 260,779 260,670
Ethiopia kt 8,847 10,488 10,120 9,636 10,022
France kt 11,840 14,535 12,580 12,845 13,726
India kt 22,570 25,900 28,753 27,715 28,766
Indonesia kt 23,578 28,924 30,254 19,650 16,926
Mexico kt 28,250 27,763 27,169 27,228 27,425
Nigeria kt 10,532 10,632 10,934 12,599 12,403
Romania kt 10,746 14,326 18,664 17,432 10,097
Russia kt 15,282 13,208 11,419 14,282 13,879
South Africa kt 8,214 17,551 13,104 11,824 15,844
USA kt 412,262 371,096 364,262 345,962 358,447
Ukraine kt 28,075 24,669 35,801 35,880 30,290

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