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Maize (corn) production in Niger

Maize (corn) production in Niger was 44,298 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.1% from 2023. That is the 115th highest of 169 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes44,298
Change on 2023+2.1%
Rank115th of 169Countries ranked
Series high56,5972014
Series low9792005

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Maize (corn) production in Niger, 1961 to 2024

020K40K60K19611971198119912001201120241961: 2,194 tonnes1962: 2,350 tonnes1963: 2,232 tonnes1964: 4,014 tonnes1965: 2,711 tonnes1966: 2,203 tonnes1967: 2,631 tonnes1968: 1,800 tonnes1969: 1,540 tonnes1970: 1,560 tonnes1971: 1,920 tonnes1972: 2,275 tonnes1973: 2,562 tonnes1974: 3,697 tonnes1975: 3,700 tonnes1976: 11,900 tonnes1977: 5,600 tonnes1978: 8,700 tonnes1979: 9,487 tonnes1980: 10,000 tonnes1981: 11,000 tonnes1982: 7,282 tonnes1983: 6,524 tonnes1984: 3,316 tonnes1985: 2,716 tonnes1986: 6,171 tonnes1987: 7,778 tonnes1988: 4,895 tonnes1989: 2,573 tonnes1990: 1,758 tonnes1991: 1,292 tonnes1992: 4,000 tonnes1993: 2,000 tonnes1994: 2,000 tonnes1995: 2,000 tonnes1996: 3,625 tonnes1997: 1,167 tonnes1998: 8,160 tonnes1999: 1,592 tonnes2000: 3,784 tonnes2001: 2,325 tonnes2002: 2,907 tonnes2003: 2,216 tonnes2004: 3,970 tonnes2005: 979 tonnes2006: 19,085 tonnes2007: 19,324 tonnes2008: 6,409 tonnes2009: 1,389 tonnes2010: 9,756 tonnes2011: 6,983 tonnes2012: 15,844 tonnes2013: 17,813 tonnes2014: 56,597 tonnes2015: 35,387 tonnes2016: 38,022 tonnes2017: 38,345 tonnes2018: 29,536 tonnes2019: 37,900 tonnes2020: 6,419 tonnes2021: 5,681 tonnes2022: 46,110 tonnes2023: 43,380 tonnes2024: 44,298 tonnes020K40K60K19611983200520241961: 2,194 tonnes1962: 2,350 tonnes1963: 2,232 tonnes1964: 4,014 tonnes1965: 2,711 tonnes1966: 2,203 tonnes1967: 2,631 tonnes1968: 1,800 tonnes1969: 1,540 tonnes1970: 1,560 tonnes1971: 1,920 tonnes1972: 2,275 tonnes1973: 2,562 tonnes1974: 3,697 tonnes1975: 3,700 tonnes1976: 11,900 tonnes1977: 5,600 tonnes1978: 8,700 tonnes1979: 9,487 tonnes1980: 10,000 tonnes1981: 11,000 tonnes1982: 7,282 tonnes1983: 6,524 tonnes1984: 3,316 tonnes1985: 2,716 tonnes1986: 6,171 tonnes1987: 7,778 tonnes1988: 4,895 tonnes1989: 2,573 tonnes1990: 1,758 tonnes1991: 1,292 tonnes1992: 4,000 tonnes1993: 2,000 tonnes1994: 2,000 tonnes1995: 2,000 tonnes1996: 3,625 tonnes1997: 1,167 tonnes1998: 8,160 tonnes1999: 1,592 tonnes2000: 3,784 tonnes2001: 2,325 tonnes2002: 2,907 tonnes2003: 2,216 tonnes2004: 3,970 tonnes2005: 979 tonnes2006: 19,085 tonnes2007: 19,324 tonnes2008: 6,409 tonnes2009: 1,389 tonnes2010: 9,756 tonnes2011: 6,983 tonnes2012: 15,844 tonnes2013: 17,813 tonnes2014: 56,597 tonnes2015: 35,387 tonnes2016: 38,022 tonnes2017: 38,345 tonnes2018: 29,536 tonnes2019: 37,900 tonnes2020: 6,419 tonnes2021: 5,681 tonnes2022: 46,110 tonnes2023: 43,380 tonnes2024: 44,298 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
202444,298
202343,380
202246,110
20215,681
20206,419
201937,900
201829,536
201738,345
201638,022
201535,387
201456,597
201317,813
201215,844
20116,983
20109,756
20091,389
20086,409
200719,324
200619,085
2005979
20043,970
20032,216
20022,907
20012,325
20003,784
19991,592
19988,160
19971,167
19963,625
19952,000
19942,000
19932,000
19924,000
19911,292
19901,758
19892,573
19884,895
19877,778
19866,171
19852,716
19843,316
19836,524
19827,282
198111,000
198010,000
19799,487
19788,700
19775,600
197611,900
19753,700
19743,697
19732,562
19722,275
19711,920
19701,560
19691,540
19681,800
19672,631
19662,203
19652,711
19644,014
19632,232
19622,350
19612,194

Niger compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 20,216 tonnesAfghanistan: 260,000 tonnesAntigua and Barbuda: 50 tonnesAlbania: 410,438 tonnesArmenia: 6,298 tonnesAngola: 3,352,459 tonnesArgentina: 57,494,500 tonnesAustria: 2,059,360 tonnesAustralia: 447,027 tonnesAzerbaijan: 302,689 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 762,288 tonnesBangladesh: 4,592,508 tonnesBelgium: 501,790 tonnesBurkina Faso: 1,850,000 tonnesBulgaria: 1,635,100 tonnesBurundi: 590,000 tonnesBenin: 2,094,824 tonnesBolivia: 1,118,419 tonnesBrazil: 114,953,303 tonnesBahamas: 605 tonnesBhutan: 27,636 tonnesBotswana: 18,000 tonnesBelarus: 1,700,000 tonnesBelize: 104,890 tonnesCanada: 15,344,938 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,387,753 tonnesCentral African Republic: 200,000 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 13,000 tonnesSwitzerland: 156,750 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 1,640,661 tonnesChile: 530,937 tonnesCameroon: 2,200,000 tonnesChina: 294,920,000 tonnesColombia: 1,489,582 tonnesCosta Rica: 8,042 tonnesCuba: 220,000 tonnesCape Verde: 5 tonnesCzechia: 712,240 tonnesGermany: 5,010,500 tonnesDjibouti: 17 tonnesDenmark: 62,660 tonnesDominican Republic: 91,449 tonnesAlgeria: 12,000 tonnesEcuador: 1,195,203 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 7,206,000 tonnesEritrea: 20,000 tonnesSpain: 3,500,060 tonnesEthiopia: 11,701,131 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFiji: 2,421 tonnesFrance: 14,670,620 tonnesGabon: 45,976 tonnesGeorgia: 211,500 tonnesGhana: 3,794,000 tonnesGambia: 25,817 tonnesGuinea: 937,000 tonnesGreece: 960,030 tonnesGuatemala: 2,261,090 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 15,000 tonnesGuyana: 4,000 tonnesHonduras: 730,330 tonnesCroatia: 2,067,100 tonnesHaiti: 175,000 tonnesHungary: 5,297,730 tonnesIndonesia: 15,138,912 tonnesIreland: 0 tonnesIsrael: 43,671 tonnesIndia: 40,230,573 tonnesIraq: 500,000 tonnesIran: 269,805 tonnesItaly: 4,940,530 tonnesJamaica: 2,381 tonnesJordan: 0 tonnesJapan: 169 tonnesKenya: 4,023,000 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 805,250 tonnesCambodia: 1,380,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 2,300,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 89,000 tonnesKuwait: 30,030 tonnesKazakhstan: 1,005,167 tonnesLaos: 515,300 tonnesLebanon: 5,000 tonnesSri Lanka: 223,496 tonnesLesotho: 56,443 tonnesLithuania: 111,740 tonnesLuxembourg: 1,720 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesLibya: 3,800 tonnesMorocco: 73,227 tonnesMoldova: 716,903 tonnesMontenegro: 3,464 tonnesMadagascar: 265,000 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 130,413 tonnesMali: 3,952,763 tonnesMyanmar: 2,050,000 tonnesMauritania: 18,000 tonnesMauritius: 1,289 tonnesMalawi: 3,000,000 tonnesMexico: 24,326,508 tonnesMalaysia: 1,317 tonnesMozambique: 2,318,945 tonnesNamibia: 30,056 tonnesNew Caledonia: 7,326 tonnesNiger: 44,298 tonnesNigeria: 11,164,000 tonnesNetherlands: 122,710 tonnesNepal: 3,193,869 tonnesNew Zealand: 244,444 tonnesOman: 2,492 tonnesPanama: 88,900 tonnesPeru: 1,686,077 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 12,926 tonnesPhilippines: 8,138,178 tonnesPakistan: 9,200,000 tonnesPoland: 9,223,230 tonnesPuerto Rico: 233 tonnesPortugal: 617,530 tonnesParaguay: 3,942,500 tonnesQatar: 1,605 tonnesRomania: 5,971,850 tonnesSerbia: 5,107,309 tonnesRussia: 13,954,000 tonnesRwanda: 627,086 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 67,441 tonnesSudan: 22,170 tonnesSweden: 15,500 tonnesSlovenia: 384,930 tonnesSlovakia: 1,063,820 tonnesSierra Leone: 27,443 tonnesSenegal: 774,000 tonnesSomalia: 69,000 tonnesSuriname: 111 tonnesSouth Sudan: 157,000 tonnesEl Salvador: 785,000 tonnesSyria: 320,113 tonnesEswatini: 75,000 tonnesChad: 394,045 tonnesTogo: 1,010,000 tonnesThailand: 4,558,192 tonnesTajikistan: 340,000 tonnesTimor-Leste: 70,000 tonnesTurkmenistan: 6,740 tonnesTürkiye: 8,100,000 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 0 tonnesTaiwan: 220,070 tonnesTanzania: 10,084,000 tonnesUkraine: 26,863,740 tonnesUganda: 5,000,000 tonnesUnited States: 377,632,690 tonnesUruguay: 581,658 tonnesUzbekistan: 866,836 tonnesVenezuela: 2,832,022 tonnesVietnam: 4,402,173 tonnesVanuatu: 985 tonnesYemen: 58,000 tonnesSouth Africa: 12,850,000 tonnesZambia: 1,511,143 tonnesZimbabwe: 634,699 tonnes
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Maize (corn) production, 2024, tonnes. Niger is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Quantity of maize (corn) harvested dry for grain produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

Green maize and maize cut for forage are not included. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510) (Maize (corn) production, Niger, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510), Maize (corn) production, Niger, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/niger. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Maize (corn) production, Niger, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/niger.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510), Maize (corn) production, Niger, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/maize-production/niger (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the maize (corn) production in Niger?

Maize (corn) production in Niger was 44,298 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.1% from 2023. That is the 115th highest of 169 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest maize (corn) production in Niger?

56,597 tonnes in 2014, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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