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Maize (corn) production in South Africa

Maize (corn) production in South Africa was 12,850,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 21.8% from 2023. That is the 12th highest of 169 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes12,850,000
Change on 2023-21.8%
Rank12th of 169Countries ranked
Series high17,551,0002017
Series low3,277,0001992

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Maize (corn) production in South Africa, 1961 to 2024

05M10M15M20M19611971198119912001201120241961: 5,293,000 tonnes1962: 6,024,000 tonnes1963: 6,127,000 tonnes1964: 4,310,000 tonnes1965: 4,608,000 tonnes1966: 5,161,000 tonnes1967: 9,802,000 tonnes1968: 5,358,000 tonnes1969: 5,378,000 tonnes1970: 6,179,000 tonnes1971: 8,644,000 tonnes1972: 9,525,000 tonnes1973: 4,202,000 tonnes1974: 11,083,000 tonnes1975: 9,139,000 tonnes1976: 7,518,000 tonnes1977: 9,793,000 tonnes1978: 10,205,000 tonnes1979: 8,475,000 tonnes1980: 11,040,000 tonnes1981: 14,872,000 tonnes1982: 8,781,000 tonnes1983: 4,399,000 tonnes1984: 4,797,000 tonnes1985: 8,444,000 tonnes1986: 8,600,000 tonnes1987: 7,890,000 tonnes1988: 7,670,000 tonnes1989: 12,481,000 tonnes1990: 9,180,000 tonnes1991: 8,614,000 tonnes1992: 3,277,000 tonnes1993: 9,997,000 tonnes1994: 13,275,000 tonnes1995: 4,866,000 tonnes1996: 10,171,000 tonnes1997: 10,136,000 tonnes1998: 7,693,000 tonnes1999: 7,946,000 tonnes2000: 11,431,183 tonnes2001: 7,772,000 tonnes2002: 10,076,000 tonnes2003: 9,705,000 tonnes2004: 9,710,070 tonnes2005: 11,715,948 tonnes2006: 6,935,056 tonnes2007: 7,125,000 tonnes2008: 12,700,000 tonnes2009: 12,050,000 tonnes2010: 12,815,000 tonnes2011: 10,360,000 tonnes2012: 12,120,656 tonnes2013: 11,810,600 tonnes2014: 14,250,000 tonnes2015: 10,628,800 tonnes2016: 8,214,240 tonnes2017: 17,551,000 tonnes2018: 13,103,975 tonnes2019: 11,824,180 tonnes2020: 15,843,545 tonnes2021: 16,315,000 tonnes2022: 15,470,000 tonnes2023: 16,430,000 tonnes2024: 12,850,000 tonnes05M10M15M20M19611983200520241961: 5,293,000 tonnes1962: 6,024,000 tonnes1963: 6,127,000 tonnes1964: 4,310,000 tonnes1965: 4,608,000 tonnes1966: 5,161,000 tonnes1967: 9,802,000 tonnes1968: 5,358,000 tonnes1969: 5,378,000 tonnes1970: 6,179,000 tonnes1971: 8,644,000 tonnes1972: 9,525,000 tonnes1973: 4,202,000 tonnes1974: 11,083,000 tonnes1975: 9,139,000 tonnes1976: 7,518,000 tonnes1977: 9,793,000 tonnes1978: 10,205,000 tonnes1979: 8,475,000 tonnes1980: 11,040,000 tonnes1981: 14,872,000 tonnes1982: 8,781,000 tonnes1983: 4,399,000 tonnes1984: 4,797,000 tonnes1985: 8,444,000 tonnes1986: 8,600,000 tonnes1987: 7,890,000 tonnes1988: 7,670,000 tonnes1989: 12,481,000 tonnes1990: 9,180,000 tonnes1991: 8,614,000 tonnes1992: 3,277,000 tonnes1993: 9,997,000 tonnes1994: 13,275,000 tonnes1995: 4,866,000 tonnes1996: 10,171,000 tonnes1997: 10,136,000 tonnes1998: 7,693,000 tonnes1999: 7,946,000 tonnes2000: 11,431,183 tonnes2001: 7,772,000 tonnes2002: 10,076,000 tonnes2003: 9,705,000 tonnes2004: 9,710,070 tonnes2005: 11,715,948 tonnes2006: 6,935,056 tonnes2007: 7,125,000 tonnes2008: 12,700,000 tonnes2009: 12,050,000 tonnes2010: 12,815,000 tonnes2011: 10,360,000 tonnes2012: 12,120,656 tonnes2013: 11,810,600 tonnes2014: 14,250,000 tonnes2015: 10,628,800 tonnes2016: 8,214,240 tonnes2017: 17,551,000 tonnes2018: 13,103,975 tonnes2019: 11,824,180 tonnes2020: 15,843,545 tonnes2021: 16,315,000 tonnes2022: 15,470,000 tonnes2023: 16,430,000 tonnes2024: 12,850,000 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
202412,850,000
202316,430,000
202215,470,000
202116,315,000
202015,843,545
201911,824,180
201813,103,975
201717,551,000
20168,214,240
201510,628,800
201414,250,000
201311,810,600
201212,120,656
201110,360,000
201012,815,000
200912,050,000
200812,700,000
20077,125,000
20066,935,056
200511,715,948
20049,710,070
20039,705,000
200210,076,000
20017,772,000
200011,431,183
19997,946,000
19987,693,000
199710,136,000
199610,171,000
19954,866,000
199413,275,000
19939,997,000
19923,277,000
19918,614,000
19909,180,000
198912,481,000
19887,670,000
19877,890,000
19868,600,000
19858,444,000
19844,797,000
19834,399,000
19828,781,000
198114,872,000
198011,040,000
19798,475,000
197810,205,000
19779,793,000
19767,518,000
19759,139,000
197411,083,000
19734,202,000
19729,525,000
19718,644,000
19706,179,000
19695,378,000
19685,358,000
19679,802,000
19665,161,000
19654,608,000
19644,310,000
19636,127,000
19626,024,000
19615,293,000

South Africa 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. South Africa 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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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, South Africa, 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, South Africa, 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/south-africa. 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, South Africa, 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/south-africa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the maize (corn) production in South Africa?

Maize (corn) production in South Africa was 12,850,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 21.8% from 2023. That is the 12th 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 South Africa?

17,551,000 tonnes in 2017, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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