Maize (Corn) Production by Country
Source:
FAOSTAT
Key Findings
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United States leads in Maize Production (Thousand Tonnes) with 377,633 in 2024.
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Argentina grew fastest: +964.7% from 1990 to 2024 (5,400 → 57,495).
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Average Maize Production (Thousand Tonnes) in 2024: 73,676 · median: 19,836.
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2024 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Gap in 2024: United States is 33.8× larger than Nigeria.
About This Dataset
Maize (Corn) Production by Country
The United States still grows more maize than any other country, but its share has fallen sharply because everyone else grew faster. China has tripled output since 1990, Brazil has more than quintupled it, and Argentina has increased production roughly tenfold. Most of that new supply does not feed people directly: maize is overwhelmingly an animal feed and industrial crop, and the South American expansion tracks the growth of Chinese demand for meat.
Analysis
The top three in Maize Production (Thousand Tonnes) in 2024 are United States (377,633), China (295,140) and Brazil (114,953). United States and China together hold 65.2% of the combined total of all 14 entities. Only 2 of the 14 reach even half the leader's figure (188,816.5 or more). Over 1990–2024 the steepest rise belongs to Argentina: +964.7% (5,400 → 57,495). United States has held first place in every year covered here.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- FAOSTAT
- Coverage
- 14 entities · 1990–2024 (5 years) · 67 observations
- Measure
- Maize Production (Thousand Tonnes)
- Last updated
- 16 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Missing years are left empty rather than estimated — no interpolation, no carrying a previous year forward.
- Change is measured between the first and last year in which an entity actually reported a value, so a series that starts late is not penalised for the years before it existed.
- The compound annual rate is (last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ years) − 1, using those same two reported years.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
- An entity that reported nothing in the latest year is still listed — it follows the ranked entities in the table rather than being dropped.
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