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Countries by maize (corn) production

The United States had the highest maize (corn) production of 163 countries in 2017, at 371,096,030 tonnes. Trinidad and Tobago had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 381,059 tonnes and the figure for the World was 1,137,672,644 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest371,096,030United States
Lowest0Trinidad and Tobago
Median381,059163 countries
World1,137,672,644History

Map of countries, 2017

United Arab Emirates: 17,143 tonnesAfghanistan: 173,912 tonnesAntigua and Barbuda: 51 tonnesAlbania: 381,059 tonnesArmenia: 10,413 tonnesAngola: 2,380,522 tonnesArgentina: 49,475,895 tonnesAustria: 2,075,983 tonnesAustralia: 436,194 tonnesAzerbaijan: 235,669 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 709,584 tonnesBangladesh: 3,025,392 tonnesBelgium: 608,671 tonnesBurkina Faso: 1,533,431 tonnesBulgaria: 2,562,569 tonnesBurundi: 228,355 tonnesBenin: 1,454,284 tonnesBolivia: 954,909 tonnesBrazil: 97,910,658 tonnesBahamas: 648 tonnesBhutan: 94,052 tonnesBotswana: 12,265 tonnesBelarus: 694,238 tonnesBelize: 89,536 tonnesCanada: 14,095,500 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,186,318 tonnesCentral African Republic: 95,720 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 12,322 tonnesSwitzerland: 162,454 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 1,025,000 tonnesChile: 1,062,589 tonnesCameroon: 2,169,226 tonnesChina: 259,071,000 tonnesColombia: 1,329,856 tonnesCosta Rica: 6,720 tonnesCuba: 373,870 tonnesCape Verde: 4 tonnesCzechia: 588,105 tonnesGermany: 4,547,600 tonnesDjibouti: 17 tonnesDenmark: 38,900 tonnesDominican Republic: 44,007 tonnesAlgeria: 2,634 tonnesEcuador: 1,436,106 tonnesEgypt: 8,542,635 tonnesEritrea: 20,000 tonnesSpain: 3,775,645 tonnesEthiopia: 10,488,193 tonnesFiji: 961 tonnesFrance: 14,534,897 tonnesGabon: 44,734 tonnesGeorgia: 142,500 tonnesGhana: 2,011,179 tonnesGambia: 21,441 tonnesGuinea: 817,286 tonnesGreece: 1,461,730 tonnesGuatemala: 1,951,551 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 7,000 tonnesGuyana: 4,000 tonnesHonduras: 683,734 tonnesCroatia: 1,559,638 tonnesHaiti: 225,000 tonnesHungary: 6,739,186 tonnesIndonesia: 25,164,000 tonnesIsrael: 87,583 tonnesIndia: 27,099,085 tonnesIraq: 185,291 tonnesIran: 693,510 tonnesItaly: 6,048,499 tonnesJamaica: 2,539 tonnesJordan: 0 tonnesJapan: 173 tonnesKenya: 3,186,000 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 653,351 tonnesCambodia: 1,231,500 tonnesNorth Korea: 2,199,755 tonnesSouth Korea: 72,587 tonnesKuwait: 3,838 tonnesKazakhstan: 784,695 tonnesLaos: 1,192,525 tonnesLebanon: 4,864 tonnesSri Lanka: 195,744 tonnesLesotho: 172,666 tonnesLithuania: 56,974 tonnesLuxembourg: 695 tonnesLibya: 3,512 tonnesMorocco: 122,399 tonnesMoldova: 1,772,525 tonnesMontenegro: 2,708 tonnesMadagascar: 281,487 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 123,014 tonnesMali: 3,598,205 tonnesMyanmar: 1,909,295 tonnesMauritania: 14,000 tonnesMauritius: 442 tonnesMalawi: 3,464,139 tonnesMexico: 27,763,203 tonnesMozambique: 1,224,000 tonnesNamibia: 71,037 tonnesNew Caledonia: 9,415 tonnesNiger: 38,345 tonnesNigeria: 10,632,299 tonnesNicaragua: 408,415 tonnesNetherlands: 116,711 tonnesNepal: 2,300,121 tonnesNew Zealand: 175,586 tonnesOman: 7,075 tonnesPanama: 116,151 tonnesPeru: 1,523,469 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 12,823 tonnesPhilippines: 7,914,908 tonnesPakistan: 5,901,630 tonnesPoland: 4,021,592 tonnesPuerto Rico: 18 tonnesPortugal: 745,123 tonnesParaguay: 5,155,900 tonnesQatar: 645 tonnesRomania: 14,326,097 tonnesSerbia: 4,018,370 tonnesRussia: 13,208,095 tonnesRwanda: 410,280 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 80,000 tonnesSudan: 17,000 tonnesSlovenia: 272,177 tonnesSlovakia: 1,066,188 tonnesSierra Leone: 22,418 tonnesSenegal: 410,364 tonnesSomalia: 77,000 tonnesSuriname: 86 tonnesSouth Sudan: 152,314 tonnesEl Salvador: 904,204 tonnesSyria: 91,853 tonnesEswatini: 84,000 tonnesChad: 396,506 tonnesTogo: 854,689 tonnesThailand: 4,820,962 tonnesTajikistan: 218,448 tonnesTimor-Leste: 75,000 tonnesTurkmenistan: 11,166 tonnesTürkiye: 5,900,000 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 0 tonnesTaiwan: 185,299 tonnesTanzania: 6,680,758 tonnesUkraine: 24,668,750 tonnesUganda: 2,814,490 tonnesUnited States: 371,096,030 tonnesUruguay: 471,000 tonnesUzbekistan: 389,427 tonnesVenezuela: 1,282,179 tonnesVietnam: 5,109,766 tonnesVanuatu: 904 tonnesYemen: 36,887 tonnesSouth Africa: 17,551,000 tonnesZambia: 3,606,549 tonnesZimbabwe: 1,532,572 tonnes
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tonnes, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2017

United States: 371,096,030 tonnesUnited States371,096,030China: 259,071,000 tonnesChina259,071,000Brazil: 97,910,658 tonnesBrazil97,910,658Argentina: 49,475,895 tonnesArgentina49,475,895Mexico: 27,763,203 tonnesMexico27,763,203India: 27,099,085 tonnesIndia27,099,085Indonesia: 25,164,000 tonnesIndonesia25,164,000Ukraine: 24,668,750 tonnesUkraine24,668,750South Africa: 17,551,000 tonnesSouth Africa17,551,000France: 14,534,897 tonnesFrance14,534,897Romania: 14,326,097 tonnesRomania14,326,097Canada: 14,095,500 tonnesCanada14,095,500Russia: 13,208,095 tonnesRussia13,208,095Nigeria: 10,632,299 tonnesNigeria10,632,299Ethiopia: 10,488,193 tonnesEthiopia10,488,193Egypt: 8,542,635 tonnesEgypt8,542,635Philippines: 7,914,908 tonnesPhilippines7,914,908Hungary: 6,739,186 tonnesHungary6,739,186Tanzania: 6,680,758 tonnesTanzania6,680,758Italy: 6,048,499 tonnesItaly6,048,499Pakistan: 5,901,630 tonnesPakistan5,901,630Türkiye: 5,900,000 tonnesTürkiye5,900,000Paraguay: 5,155,900 tonnesParaguay5,155,900Vietnam: 5,109,766 tonnesVietnam5,109,766Thailand: 4,820,962 tonnesThailand4,820,962Germany: 4,547,600 tonnesGermany4,547,600Poland: 4,021,592 tonnesPoland4,021,592Serbia: 4,018,370 tonnesSerbia4,018,370Spain: 3,775,645 tonnesSpain3,775,645Zambia: 3,606,549 tonnesZambia3,606,549Mali: 3,598,205 tonnesMali3,598,205Malawi: 3,464,139 tonnesMalawi3,464,139Kenya: 3,186,000 tonnesKenya3,186,000Bangladesh: 3,025,392 tonnesBangladesh3,025,392Uganda: 2,814,490 tonnesUganda2,814,490Bulgaria: 2,562,569 tonnesBulgaria2,562,569Angola: 2,380,522 tonnesAngola2,380,522Nepal: 2,300,121 tonnesNepal2,300,121North Korea: 2,199,755 tonnesNorth Korea2,199,755Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2,186,318 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo2,186,318United States: 371,096,030 tonnesUnited States371,096,030China: 259,071,000 tonnesChina259,071,000Brazil: 97,910,658 tonnesBrazil97,910,658Argentina: 49,475,895 tonnesArgentina49,475,895Mexico: 27,763,203 tonnesMexico27,763,203India: 27,099,085 tonnesIndia27,099,085Indonesia: 25,164,000 tonnesIndonesia25,164,000Ukraine: 24,668,750 tonnesUkraine24,668,750South Africa: 17,551,000 tonnesSouth Africa17,551,000France: 14,534,897 tonnesFrance14,534,897Romania: 14,326,097 tonnesRomania14,326,097Canada: 14,095,500 tonnesCanada14,095,500Russia: 13,208,095 tonnesRussia13,208,095Nigeria: 10,632,299 tonnesNigeria10,632,299Ethiopia: 10,488,193 tonnesEthiopia10,488,193Egypt: 8,542,635 tonnesEgypt8,542,635Philippines: 7,914,908 tonnesPhilippines7,914,908Hungary: 6,739,186 tonnesHungary6,739,186Tanzania: 6,680,758 tonnesTanzania6,680,758Italy: 6,048,499 tonnesItaly6,048,499Pakistan: 5,901,630 tonnesPakistan5,901,630Türkiye: 5,900,000 tonnesTürkiye5,900,000Paraguay: 5,155,900 tonnesParaguay5,155,900Vietnam: 5,109,766 tonnesVietnam5,109,766Thailand: 4,820,962 tonnesThailand4,820,962Germany: 4,547,600 tonnesGermany4,547,600Poland: 4,021,592 tonnesPoland4,021,592Serbia: 4,018,370 tonnesSerbia4,018,370Spain: 3,775,645 tonnesSpain3,775,645Zambia: 3,606,549 tonnesZambia3,606,549Mali: 3,598,205 tonnesMali3,598,205Malawi: 3,464,139 tonnesMalawi3,464,139Kenya: 3,186,000 tonnesKenya3,186,000Bangladesh: 3,025,392 tonnesBangladesh3,025,392Uganda: 2,814,490 tonnesUganda2,814,490Bulgaria: 2,562,569 tonnesBulgaria2,562,569Angola: 2,380,522 tonnesAngola2,380,522Nepal: 2,300,121 tonnesNepal2,300,121North Korea: 2,199,755 tonnesNorth Korea2,199,755Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2,186,318 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo2,186,318
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017
tonnes		Change on 2016
1United States371,096,030-10%
2China259,071,000-1.7%
3Brazil97,910,658+52.5%
4Argentina49,475,895+24.3%
5Mexico27,763,203-1.7%
6India27,099,085+6.5%
7Indonesia25,164,000+6.7%
8Ukraine24,668,750-12.1%
9South Africa17,551,000+113.7%
10France14,534,897+22.8%
11Romania14,326,097+33.3%
12Canada14,095,500+1.5%
13Russia13,208,095-13.6%
14Nigeria10,632,299+0.9%
15Ethiopia10,488,193+18.6%
16Egypt8,542,635+9.3%
17Philippines7,914,908+9.6%
18Hungary6,739,186-22.8%
19Tanzania6,680,758+8.6%
20Italy6,048,499-11.6%
21Pakistan5,901,630-3.8%
22Türkiye5,900,000-7.8%
23Paraguay5,155,900+0.1%
24Vietnam5,109,766-2.6%
25Thailand4,820,962+9.8%
26Germany4,547,600+13.2%
27Poland4,021,592-7.4%
28Serbia4,018,370-45.5%
29Spain3,775,645-7.2%
30Zambia3,606,549+25.5%
31Mali3,598,205+28%
32Malawi3,464,139+46.2%
33Kenya3,186,000-4.6%
34Bangladesh3,025,392+23.7%
35Uganda2,814,490+13.4%
36Bulgaria2,562,569+15.1%
37Angola2,380,522+6.3%
38Nepal2,300,121+3.1%
39North Korea2,199,755+0.2%
40Democratic Republic of the Congo2,186,318+4.1%
41Cameroon2,169,226-1.2%
42Austria2,075,983-4.8%
43Ghana2,011,179+16.8%
44Guatemala1,951,551+2.8%
45Myanmar1,909,295+4.3%
46Moldova1,772,525+27.3%
47Croatia1,559,638-27.6%
48Burkina Faso1,533,431-4.3%
49Zimbabwe1,532,572+199.4%
50Peru1,523,469-3.3%
51Greece1,461,730-2.9%
52Benin1,454,284+5.6%
53Ecuador1,436,106+31.6%
54Colombia1,329,856+2.7%
55Venezuela1,282,179-16.9%
56Cambodia1,231,500+127.1%
57Mozambique1,224,000+0.6%
58Laos1,192,525-23.2%
59Slovakia1,066,188-37.7%
60Chile1,062,589-9.5%
61Côte d’Ivoire1,025,000+6%
62Bolivia954,909-3%
63El Salvador904,204-2.1%
64Togo854,689+3.4%
65Guinea817,286+9.2%
66Kazakhstan784,695+2.9%
67Portugal745,123+4.9%
68Bosnia and Herzegovina709,584-39.8%
69Belarus694,238-6.2%
70Iran693,510-40.8%
71Honduras683,734+11.5%
72Kyrgyzstan653,351+0.7%
73Belgium608,671+26.7%
74Czechia588,105-30.5%
75Uruguay471,000-3.3%
76Australia436,194+9%
77Senegal410,364+2.5%
78Rwanda410,280+9.6%
79Nicaragua408,415-0.5%
80Chad396,506-10.7%
81Uzbekistan389,427-20.8%
82Albania381,059+0.4%
83Cuba373,870-7.6%
84Madagascar281,487-11%
85Slovenia272,177-21.4%
86Azerbaijan235,669+5.2%
87Burundi228,355-6.3%
88Haiti225,000-10.7%
89Tajikistan218,448+5%
90Sri Lanka195,744-19.8%
91Taiwan185,299+12.5%
92Iraq185,291-28.6%
93New Zealand175,586-16.5%
94Afghanistan173,912-44.2%
95Lesotho172,666+800.2%
96Switzerland162,454+12.5%
97South Sudan152,314-7.5%
98Georgia142,500-41.5%
99North Macedonia123,014-16.3%
100Morocco122,399-4.9%
101Netherlands116,711+37.9%
102Panama116,151-9.1%
103Central African Republic95,720-0.5%
104Bhutan94,052+14.6%
105Syria91,853+15.8%
106Belize89,536+36.2%
107Israel87,583+9.1%
108Eswatini84,000+154.5%
109Saudi Arabia80,0000%
110Somalia77,000+28.3%
111Timor-Leste75,000-22.3%
112South Korea72,587-1.5%
113Namibia71,037+62.9%
114Lithuania56,974-33.9%
115Gabon Estimated44,734+1%
116Dominican Republic44,007+5.6%
117Denmark38,900-11.2%
118Niger38,345+0.8%
119Yemen36,887-0%
120Sierra Leone22,418+78.6%
121Gambia21,441-30.8%
122Eritrea20,0000%
123United Arab Emirates17,143+186.3%
124Sudan17,000-66%
125Comoros16,473+3.5%
126Mauritania14,000+45.8%
127Papua New Guinea Estimated12,823+4%
128Republic of the Congo Estimated12,322+3.6%
129Botswana12,265-18.8%
130Turkmenistan11,166+8.5%
131Armenia10,413-50.5%
132New Caledonia9,415+10.2%
133Oman7,075+3.2%
134Guinea-Bissau7,000+16.7%
135Costa Rica6,720-29.6%
136Lebanon4,864+77.2%
137Guyana4,0000%
138Kuwait3,838+30.1%
139Libya Estimated3,512+6.8%
140Montenegro2,708+2.2%
141Algeria2,634-28.6%
142Jamaica2,539+8.5%
143Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,129+30.4%
144Fiji961+10.8%
145Vanuatu Estimated904+1.9%
146Luxembourg695-17.3%
147Bahamas Estimated648-1.6%
148Qatar645+12.4%
149São Tomé and Príncipe576-25%
150Mauritius442+6.5%
151Grenada Estimated386-0.6%
152Dominica Estimated190+0.7%
153Japan Estimated173+1.8%
154Maldives Estimated143-2.6%
155Micronesia Estimated88+0.6%
156Suriname86-3.4%
157Barbados74-22.7%
158Antigua and Barbuda Estimated51-20.5%
159Puerto Rico Estimated18+10.6%
160Djibouti Estimated17-0.2%
161Cape Verde4-99.9%
162Jordan Estimated0n/a
162Trinidad and Tobago0n/a

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 12 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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The United States, with 371,096,030 tonnes in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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