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Countries by maize (corn) production

The United States had the highest maize (corn) production of 170 countries in 2021, at 381,469,380 tonnes. Trinidad and Tobago had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 352,215 tonnes and the figure for the World was 1,203,326,825 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest381,469,380United States
Lowest0Trinidad and Tobago
Median352,215170 countries
World1,203,326,825History

Map of countries, 2021

United Arab Emirates: 23,475 tonnesAfghanistan: 264,314 tonnesAntigua and Barbuda: 48 tonnesAlbania: 414,271 tonnesArmenia: 6,292 tonnesAngola: 2,970,208 tonnesArgentina: 60,525,805 tonnesAustria: 2,434,900 tonnesAustralia: 305,656 tonnesAzerbaijan: 279,248 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 893,124 tonnesBangladesh: 4,116,438 tonnesBelgium: 449,890 tonnesBurkina Faso: 1,853,510 tonnesBulgaria: 3,427,310 tonnesBurundi: 610,450 tonnesBenin: 1,628,149 tonnesBolivia: 1,250,330 tonnesBrazil: 88,272,116 tonnesBahamas: 610 tonnesBhutan: 30,939 tonnesBotswana: 67,436 tonnesBelarus: 1,148,000 tonnesBelize: 108,743 tonnesCanada: 14,610,792 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,243,379 tonnesCentral African Republic: 208,140 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 13,000 tonnesSwitzerland: 98,216 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 1,139,557 tonnesChile: 793,822 tonnesCameroon: 2,100,000 tonnesChina: 272,552,000 tonnesColombia: 1,551,016 tonnesCosta Rica: 6,026 tonnesCuba: 238,721 tonnesCape Verde: 449 tonnesCzechia: 988,040 tonnesGermany: 4,462,400 tonnesDjibouti: 17 tonnesDenmark: 45,270 tonnesDominican Republic: 54,725 tonnesAlgeria: 18,491 tonnesEcuador: 1,699,370 tonnesEstonia: 0 tonnesEgypt: 8,035,715 tonnesEritrea: 20,000 tonnesSpain: 4,597,660 tonnesEthiopia: 11,737,528 tonnesFinland: 0 tonnesFiji: 1,438 tonnesFrance: 15,358,290 tonnesGabon: 45,865 tonnesGeorgia: 233,000 tonnesGhana: 3,203,000 tonnesGambia: 27,895 tonnesGuinea: 798,327 tonnesGreece: 1,350,250 tonnesGuatemala: 2,061,261 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 16,971 tonnesGuyana: 4,000 tonnesHonduras: 673,472 tonnesCroatia: 2,242,120 tonnesHaiti: 200,000 tonnesHungary: 6,424,630 tonnesIndonesia: 13,414,922 tonnesIreland: 0 tonnesIsrael: 68,291 tonnesIndia: 32,772,407 tonnesIraq: 374,400 tonnesIran: 437,879 tonnesItaly: 6,079,960 tonnesJamaica: 2,122 tonnesJordan: 0 tonnesJapan: 168 tonnesKenya: 3,304,430 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 691,139 tonnesCambodia: 699,000 tonnesNorth Korea: 2,300,000 tonnesSouth Korea: 95,141 tonnesKuwait: 20,020 tonnesKazakhstan: 1,129,508 tonnesLaos: 535,257 tonnesLebanon: 3,000 tonnesSri Lanka: 472,444 tonnesLesotho: 88,553 tonnesLithuania: 104,680 tonnesLuxembourg: 460 tonnesLatvia: 0 tonnesLibya: 3,452 tonnesMorocco: 48,637 tonnesMoldova: 2,792,723 tonnesMontenegro: 2,631 tonnesMadagascar: 232,026 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 134,036 tonnesMali: 3,603,000 tonnesMyanmar: 2,274,200 tonnesMauritania: 12,000 tonnesMauritius: 1,106 tonnesMalawi: 4,581,000 tonnesMexico: 27,503,478 tonnesMalaysia: 474 tonnesMozambique: 1,824,281 tonnesNamibia: 78,127 tonnesNew Caledonia: 7,417 tonnesNiger: 5,681 tonnesNigeria: 12,744,450 tonnesNicaragua: 375,726 tonnesNetherlands: 171,420 tonnesNepal: 2,997,733 tonnesNew Zealand: 209,281 tonnesOman: 15,545 tonnesPanama: 135,425 tonnesPeru: 1,582,557 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 12,887 tonnesPhilippines: 8,287,191 tonnesPakistan: 9,524,531 tonnesPoland: 7,321,910 tonnesPuerto Rico: 215 tonnesPortugal: 752,490 tonnesParaguay: 4,088,093 tonnesQatar: 2,809 tonnesRomania: 14,820,690 tonnesSerbia: 6,027,131 tonnesRussia: 15,237,583 tonnesRwanda: 482,682 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 59,000 tonnesSudan: 23,628 tonnesSweden: 14,900 tonnesSlovenia: 388,830 tonnesSlovakia: 1,579,120 tonnesSierra Leone: 22,545 tonnesSenegal: 754,621 tonnesSomalia: 49,000 tonnesSuriname: 27 tonnesSouth Sudan: 175,454 tonnesEl Salvador: 836,715 tonnesSyria: 309,841 tonnesEswatini: 100,000 tonnesChad: 364,631 tonnesTogo: 929,020 tonnesThailand: 4,847,845 tonnesTajikistan: 339,800 tonnesTimor-Leste: 56,058 tonnesTurkmenistan: 11,632 tonnesTürkiye: 6,750,000 tonnesTrinidad and Tobago: 0 tonnesTaiwan: 210,124 tonnesTanzania: 7,039,000 tonnesUkraine: 42,109,850 tonnesUganda: 3,500,000 tonnesUnited States: 381,469,380 tonnesUruguay: 769,500 tonnesUzbekistan: 590,016 tonnesVenezuela: 2,633,976 tonnesVietnam: 4,446,383 tonnesVanuatu: 957 tonnesYemen: 94,375 tonnesSouth Africa: 16,315,000 tonnesZambia: 3,620,244 tonnesZimbabwe: 1,469,664 tonnes
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tonnes, 2021. 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, 2021

United States: 381,469,380 tonnesUnited States381,469,380China: 272,552,000 tonnesChina272,552,000Brazil: 88,272,116 tonnesBrazil88,272,116Argentina: 60,525,805 tonnesArgentina60,525,805Ukraine: 42,109,850 tonnesUkraine42,109,850India: 32,772,407 tonnesIndia32,772,407Mexico: 27,503,478 tonnesMexico27,503,478South Africa: 16,315,000 tonnesSouth Africa16,315,000France: 15,358,290 tonnesFrance15,358,290Russia: 15,237,583 tonnesRussia15,237,583Romania: 14,820,690 tonnesRomania14,820,690Canada: 14,610,792 tonnesCanada14,610,792Indonesia: 13,414,922 tonnesIndonesia13,414,922Nigeria: 12,744,450 tonnesNigeria12,744,450Ethiopia: 11,737,528 tonnesEthiopia11,737,528Pakistan: 9,524,531 tonnesPakistan9,524,531Philippines: 8,287,191 tonnesPhilippines8,287,191Egypt: 8,035,715 tonnesEgypt8,035,715Poland: 7,321,910 tonnesPoland7,321,910Tanzania: 7,039,000 tonnesTanzania7,039,000Türkiye: 6,750,000 tonnesTürkiye6,750,000Hungary: 6,424,630 tonnesHungary6,424,630Italy: 6,079,960 tonnesItaly6,079,960Serbia: 6,027,131 tonnesSerbia6,027,131Thailand: 4,847,845 tonnesThailand4,847,845Spain: 4,597,660 tonnesSpain4,597,660Malawi: 4,581,000 tonnesMalawi4,581,000Germany: 4,462,400 tonnesGermany4,462,400Vietnam: 4,446,383 tonnesVietnam4,446,383Bangladesh: 4,116,438 tonnesBangladesh4,116,438Paraguay: 4,088,093 tonnesParaguay4,088,093Zambia: 3,620,244 tonnesZambia3,620,244Mali: 3,603,000 tonnesMali3,603,000Uganda: 3,500,000 tonnesUganda3,500,000Bulgaria: 3,427,310 tonnesBulgaria3,427,310Kenya: 3,304,430 tonnesKenya3,304,430Ghana: 3,203,000 tonnesGhana3,203,000Nepal: 2,997,733 tonnesNepal2,997,733Angola: 2,970,208 tonnesAngola2,970,208Moldova: 2,792,723 tonnesMoldova2,792,723United States: 381,469,380 tonnesUnited States381,469,380China: 272,552,000 tonnesChina272,552,000Brazil: 88,272,116 tonnesBrazil88,272,116Argentina: 60,525,805 tonnesArgentina60,525,805Ukraine: 42,109,850 tonnesUkraine42,109,850India: 32,772,407 tonnesIndia32,772,407Mexico: 27,503,478 tonnesMexico27,503,478South Africa: 16,315,000 tonnesSouth Africa16,315,000France: 15,358,290 tonnesFrance15,358,290Russia: 15,237,583 tonnesRussia15,237,583Romania: 14,820,690 tonnesRomania14,820,690Canada: 14,610,792 tonnesCanada14,610,792Indonesia: 13,414,922 tonnesIndonesia13,414,922Nigeria: 12,744,450 tonnesNigeria12,744,450Ethiopia: 11,737,528 tonnesEthiopia11,737,528Pakistan: 9,524,531 tonnesPakistan9,524,531Philippines: 8,287,191 tonnesPhilippines8,287,191Egypt: 8,035,715 tonnesEgypt8,035,715Poland: 7,321,910 tonnesPoland7,321,910Tanzania: 7,039,000 tonnesTanzania7,039,000Türkiye: 6,750,000 tonnesTürkiye6,750,000Hungary: 6,424,630 tonnesHungary6,424,630Italy: 6,079,960 tonnesItaly6,079,960Serbia: 6,027,131 tonnesSerbia6,027,131Thailand: 4,847,845 tonnesThailand4,847,845Spain: 4,597,660 tonnesSpain4,597,660Malawi: 4,581,000 tonnesMalawi4,581,000Germany: 4,462,400 tonnesGermany4,462,400Vietnam: 4,446,383 tonnesVietnam4,446,383Bangladesh: 4,116,438 tonnesBangladesh4,116,438Paraguay: 4,088,093 tonnesParaguay4,088,093Zambia: 3,620,244 tonnesZambia3,620,244Mali: 3,603,000 tonnesMali3,603,000Uganda: 3,500,000 tonnesUganda3,500,000Bulgaria: 3,427,310 tonnesBulgaria3,427,310Kenya: 3,304,430 tonnesKenya3,304,430Ghana: 3,203,000 tonnesGhana3,203,000Nepal: 2,997,733 tonnesNepal2,997,733Angola: 2,970,208 tonnesAngola2,970,208Moldova: 2,792,723 tonnesMoldova2,792,723
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Maize (corn), production, t (item 56, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021
tonnes		Change on 2020
1United States381,469,380+6.4%
2China272,552,000+4.6%
3Brazil88,272,116-15.1%
4Argentina60,525,805+3.6%
5Ukraine42,109,850+39%
6India32,772,407+6.1%
7Mexico27,503,478+0.3%
8South Africa16,315,000+3%
9France15,358,290+11.9%
10Russia15,237,583+9.8%
11Romania14,820,690+46.8%
12Canada14,610,792+7.7%
13Indonesia13,414,922+3.8%
14Nigeria12,744,450+2.8%
15Ethiopia11,737,528+7.2%
16Pakistan9,524,531+6.5%
17Philippines8,287,191+2.1%
18Egypt8,035,715+5.8%
19Poland7,321,910+9.4%
20Tanzania7,039,000+4.9%
21Türkiye6,750,000+3.8%
22Hungary6,424,630-23.2%
23Italy6,079,960-10.5%
24Serbia6,027,131-23.4%
25Thailand4,847,845-2.9%
26Spain4,597,660+9.1%
27Malawi4,581,000+24.1%
28Germany4,462,400+11%
29Vietnam4,446,383-2.5%
30Bangladesh4,116,438+2.5%
31Paraguay4,088,093-29.9%
32Zambia3,620,244+6.9%
33Mali3,603,000+2.4%
34Uganda3,500,0000%
35Bulgaria3,427,310+13.7%
36Kenya3,304,430-12.8%
37Ghana3,203,000+4.3%
38Nepal2,997,733+5.7%
39Angola2,970,208-0.1%
40Moldova2,792,723+255.7%
41Venezuela2,633,976+61%
42Austria2,434,900+1%
43North Korea2,300,000+3.9%
44Myanmar2,274,200+9.7%
45Democratic Republic of the Congo2,243,379+2.6%
46Croatia2,242,120-7.8%
47Cameroon2,100,000+0.6%
48Guatemala2,061,261+4.5%
49Burkina Faso1,853,510-3.5%
50Mozambique1,824,281+11.8%
51Ecuador1,699,370+30.2%
52Benin1,628,149+1%
53Peru1,582,557+9.3%
54Slovakia1,579,120-3.9%
55Colombia1,551,016+11.4%
56Zimbabwe1,469,664+22.2%
57Greece1,350,250+14.6%
58Bolivia1,250,330+30.9%
59Belarus1,148,000+6.7%
60Côte d’Ivoire1,139,557-3.1%
61Kazakhstan1,129,508+17.9%
62Czechia988,040+19.7%
63Togo929,020+5%
64Bosnia and Herzegovina893,124-37.4%
65El Salvador836,715+7.2%
66Guinea798,327+0.7%
67Chile793,822+33.9%
68Uruguay769,500+0.8%
69Senegal754,621-1%
70Portugal752,490+10.3%
71Cambodia699,000-22.3%
72Kyrgyzstan691,139-3.2%
73Honduras673,472+1%
74Burundi610,450+50.5%
75Uzbekistan590,016+24.1%
76Laos535,257-21.7%
77Rwanda482,682+7.6%
78Sri Lanka472,444+50.7%
79Belgium449,890+6.9%
80Iran437,879-22.3%
81Albania414,271+3.8%
82Slovenia388,830-9.5%
83Nicaragua375,726+1.2%
84Iraq374,400-10.7%
85Chad364,631-10.5%
86Tajikistan339,800+86.7%
87Syria309,841+36.5%
88Australia305,656+14.2%
89Azerbaijan279,248-11.2%
90Afghanistan264,314-2.7%
91Cuba238,721-7.2%
92Georgia233,000-8.6%
93Madagascar232,026+3.2%
94Taiwan210,124+1.8%
95New Zealand209,281+10.1%
96Central African Republic208,140+3%
97Haiti200,000+52.5%
98South Sudan175,454-3.1%
99Netherlands171,420+3.4%
100Panama135,425+1.7%
101North Macedonia134,036-10.5%
102Belize108,743+30.5%
103Lithuania104,680-26.1%
104Eswatini100,000+14.9%
105Switzerland98,216-55.3%
106South Korea95,141+3.7%
107Yemen94,375+9.5%
108Lesotho88,553+306.5%
109Namibia78,127+29.9%
110Israel68,291-8.3%
111Botswana67,436+8.9%
112Saudi Arabia59,000-0.3%
113Timor-Leste56,058-27.8%
114Dominican Republic54,725+7%
115Somalia49,000-34.7%
116Morocco48,637+62.7%
117Gabon Estimated45,865-0.9%
118Denmark45,270+16.9%
119Bhutan30,939-24.5%
120Gambia27,895+60.7%
121Sudan Estimated23,628+73.9%
122United Arab Emirates23,475-11.1%
123Sierra Leone22,545-15.1%
124Kuwait20,020-22.4%
125Eritrea20,0000%
126Comoros18,693+3.1%
127Algeria18,491+474.1%
128Guinea-Bissau16,971+26%
129Oman15,545-41.9%
130Sweden14,900+19.2%
131Republic of the Congo13,0000%
132Papua New Guinea Estimated12,887+0.1%
133Mauritania12,000-20%
134Turkmenistan11,632-18.7%
135New Caledonia7,417-26.4%
136Armenia6,292-2.7%
137Costa Rica6,026-57.5%
138Niger5,681-11.5%
139Guyana4,0000%
140Libya3,452+1.2%
141Lebanon3,0000%
142Qatar2,809+196.6%
143Montenegro2,631+3.3%
144Jamaica2,122+5.2%
145Fiji1,438-15.6%
146Mauritius1,106+42.2%
147Vanuatu Estimated957+1.2%
148São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated821+8.1%
149Saint Vincent and the Grenadines796-6.1%
150Bahamas Estimated610+1.6%
151Malaysia474n/a
152Luxembourg460-30.3%
153Cape Verde449+3.9%
154Grenada Estimated387+0.7%
155Puerto Rico Estimated215+47.4%
156Dominica Estimated193+0.5%
157Japan Estimated168-2.3%
158Maldives Estimated148+0.9%
159Micronesia Estimated91+0.6%
160Barbados50-42%
161Antigua and Barbuda Estimated48-14%
162Suriname27-28.9%
163Djibouti Estimated17+1.7%
164Estonia0n/a
164Finland0n/a
164Ireland0n/a
164Jordan0n/a
164Latvia0n/a
164Malta0n/a
164Trinidad 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. 5 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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