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Maize (corn) production in Papua New Guinea

Maize (corn) production in Papua New Guinea was 12,926 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1% from 2023. That is the 131st highest of 169 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes12,926 Estimated
Change on 2023+0.1%
Rank131st of 169Countries ranked
Series high13,1822019
Series low391973

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Maize (corn) production in Papua New Guinea, 1961 to 2024

05,00010K15K19611971198119912001201120241961: 119 tonnes1962: 164 tonnes1963: 116 tonnes1964: 113 tonnes1965: 105 tonnes1966: 82 tonnes1967: 77 tonnes1968: 70 tonnes1969: 69 tonnes1970: 140 tonnes1971: 100 tonnes1972: 60 tonnes1973: 39 tonnes1974: 96 tonnes1975: 122 tonnes1976: 167 tonnes1977: 585 tonnes1978: 1,156 tonnes1979: 1,246 tonnes1980: 1,543 tonnes1981: 1,099 tonnes1982: 1,294 tonnes1983: 1,225 tonnes1984: 712 tonnes1985: 1,076 tonnes1986: 1,049 tonnes1987: 1,300 tonnes1988: 1,500 tonnes1989: 2,000 tonnes1990: 2,500 tonnes1991: 3,000 tonnes1992: 3,500 tonnes1993: 4,000 tonnes1994: 4,500 tonnes1995: 5,000 tonnes1996: 5,500 tonnes1997: 6,000 tonnes1998: 6,011 tonnes1999: 6,500 tonnes2000: 7,200 tonnes2001: 8,300 tonnes2002: 8,500 tonnes2003: 6,000 tonnes2004: 6,000 tonnes2005: 7,000 tonnes2006: 7,200 tonnes2007: 8,000 tonnes2008: 10,000 tonnes2009: 10,200 tonnes2010: 11,000 tonnes2011: 13,000 tonnes2012: 10,000 tonnes2013: 12,000 tonnes2014: 12,330 tonnes2015: 12,666 tonnes2016: 12,332 tonnes2017: 12,823 tonnes2018: 12,607 tonnes2019: 13,182 tonnes2020: 12,871 tonnes2021: 12,887 tonnes2022: 12,980 tonnes2023: 12,912 tonnes2024: 12,926 tonnes05,00010K15K19611983200520241961: 119 tonnes1962: 164 tonnes1963: 116 tonnes1964: 113 tonnes1965: 105 tonnes1966: 82 tonnes1967: 77 tonnes1968: 70 tonnes1969: 69 tonnes1970: 140 tonnes1971: 100 tonnes1972: 60 tonnes1973: 39 tonnes1974: 96 tonnes1975: 122 tonnes1976: 167 tonnes1977: 585 tonnes1978: 1,156 tonnes1979: 1,246 tonnes1980: 1,543 tonnes1981: 1,099 tonnes1982: 1,294 tonnes1983: 1,225 tonnes1984: 712 tonnes1985: 1,076 tonnes1986: 1,049 tonnes1987: 1,300 tonnes1988: 1,500 tonnes1989: 2,000 tonnes1990: 2,500 tonnes1991: 3,000 tonnes1992: 3,500 tonnes1993: 4,000 tonnes1994: 4,500 tonnes1995: 5,000 tonnes1996: 5,500 tonnes1997: 6,000 tonnes1998: 6,011 tonnes1999: 6,500 tonnes2000: 7,200 tonnes2001: 8,300 tonnes2002: 8,500 tonnes2003: 6,000 tonnes2004: 6,000 tonnes2005: 7,000 tonnes2006: 7,200 tonnes2007: 8,000 tonnes2008: 10,000 tonnes2009: 10,200 tonnes2010: 11,000 tonnes2011: 13,000 tonnes2012: 10,000 tonnes2013: 12,000 tonnes2014: 12,330 tonnes2015: 12,666 tonnes2016: 12,332 tonnes2017: 12,823 tonnes2018: 12,607 tonnes2019: 13,182 tonnes2020: 12,871 tonnes2021: 12,887 tonnes2022: 12,980 tonnes2023: 12,912 tonnes2024: 12,926 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
202412,926 Estimated
202312,912 Estimated
202212,980 Estimated
202112,887 Estimated
202012,871 Estimated
201913,182 Estimated
201812,607 Estimated
201712,823 Estimated
201612,332 Estimated
201512,666 Estimated
201412,330 Estimated
201312,000 Estimated
201210,000
201113,000 Estimated
201011,000 Estimated
200910,200 Estimated
200810,000 Estimated
20078,000 Estimated
20067,200 Estimated
20057,000 Estimated
20046,000
20036,000
20028,500 Estimated
20018,300 Estimated
20007,200 Estimated
19996,500 Estimated
19986,011 Estimated
19976,000
19965,500 Estimated
19955,000 Estimated
19944,500 Estimated
19934,000 Estimated
19923,500 Estimated
19913,000 Estimated
19902,500 Estimated
19892,000 Estimated
19881,500 Estimated
19871,300 Estimated
19861,049
19851,076
1984712
19831,225
19821,294
19811,099
19801,543
19791,246
19781,156
1977585
1976167
1975122
197496
197339
197260
1971100 Estimated
1970140
196969
196870
196777 Estimated
196682
1965105
1964113
1963116
1962164
1961119

Papua New Guinea 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. Papua New Guinea 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, Papua New Guinea, 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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea. 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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea.

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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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the maize (corn) production in Papua New Guinea?

Maize (corn) production in Papua New Guinea was 12,926 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1% from 2023. That is the 131st 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 Papua New Guinea?

13,182 tonnes in 2019, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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