Maize production by country
The United States produced 31% of the world’s maize in 2024; the top three countries produced 65%.
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
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Share of world production, 2024
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Summary
The world produced 1,218 Mt of maize in 2024, 1.6% less than in 2023. The United States 378 Mt (31%), China 295 Mt (24%) and Brazil 115 Mt (9.4%); together, 65% of the world total.
169 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. 1 more reported a figure for one of the two years before but not yet for 2024; they are hatched on the map.
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
Countries and territories with data
| United States | 378 Mt | 31.0% | 390 Mt | −3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 295 Mt | 24.2% | 289 Mt | +2% |
| Brazil | 115 Mt | 9.4% | 132 Mt | −13% |
| Argentina | 57.5 Mt | 4.7% | 41.4 Mt | +39% |
| India | 40.2 Mt | 3.3% | 36.7 Mt | +10% |
| Ukraine | 26.9 Mt | 2.2% | 31.0 Mt | −13% |
| Mexico | 24.3 Mt | 2.0% | 27.5 Mt | −12% |
| Canada | 15.3 Mt | 1.3% | 15.4 Mt | −0% |
| Indonesia | 15.1 Mt | 1.2% | 14.8 Mt | +2% |
| France | 14.7 Mt | 1.2% | 12.8 Mt | +14% |
| Russia | 14.0 Mt | 1.1% | 15.0 Mt | −7% |
| South Africa | 12.9 Mt | 1.1% | 16.4 Mt | −22% |
| Ethiopia | 11.7 Mte | 1.0% | 11.5 Mt | +2% |
| Nigeria | 11.2 Mt | 0.9% | 11.1 Mt | +1% |
| Tanzania | 10.1 Mt | 0.8% | 8.0 Mt | +26% |
| Poland | 9.2 Mt | 0.8% | 9.0 Mt | +3% |
| Pakistan | 9.2 Mt | 0.8% | 9.7 Mt | −6% |
| Philippines | 8.1 Mt | 0.7% | 8.4 Mt | −3% |
| Türkiye | 8.1 Mt | 0.7% | 9.0 Mt | −10% |
| Egypt | 7.2 Mt | 0.6% | 7.4 Mt | −3% |
| Romania | 6.0 Mt | 0.5% | 8.7 Mt | −32% |
| Hungary | 5.3 Mt | 0.4% | 6.2 Mt | −15% |
| Serbia | 5.1 Mt | 0.4% | 6.6 Mt | −23% |
| Germany | 5.0 Mt | 0.4% | 4.5 Mt | +11% |
| Uganda | 5.0 Mt | 0.4% | 4.9 Mt | +1% |
| Italy | 4.9 Mt | 0.4% | 5.3 Mt | −8% |
| Bangladesh | 4.6 Mt | 0.4% | 4.6 Mt | +0% |
| Thailand | 4.6 Mt | 0.4% | 4.6 Mt | −1% |
| Vietnam | 4.4 Mt | 0.4% | 4.4 Mt | −1% |
| Kenya | 4.0 Mt | 0.3% | 4.3 Mt | −6% |
| Mali | 4.0 Mt | 0.3% | 3.4 Mt | +17% |
| Paraguay | 3.9 Mt | 0.3% | 4.5 Mt | −12% |
| Ghana | 3.8 Mt | 0.3% | 3.6 Mt | +6% |
| Spain | 3.5 Mt | 0.3% | 2.8 Mt | +23% |
| Angola | 3.4 Mt | 0.3% | 3.2 Mt | +4% |
| Nepal | 3.2 Mt | 0.3% | 3.0 Mt | +7% |
| Malawi | 3.0 Mt | 0.2% | 3.5 Mt | −15% |
| Venezuela | 2.8 Mte | 0.2% | 2.8 Mt | +3% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.4 Mt | 0.2% | 2.3 Mt | +2% |
| Mozambique | 2.3 Mt | 0.2% | 2.1 Mt | +9% |
| North Korea | 2.3 Mt | 0.2% | 2.3 Mt | 0% |
| Guatemala | 2.3 Mt | 0.2% | 2.1 Mt | +9% |
| Cameroon | 2.2 Mt | 0.2% | 2.2 Mt | 0% |
| Benin | 2.1 Mt | 0.2% | 2.1 Mt | +2% |
| Croatia | 2.1 Mt | 0.2% | 2.0 Mt | +4% |
| Austria | 2.1 Mt | 0.2% | 2.1 Mt | −2% |
| Myanmar | 2.1 Mt | 0.2% | 2.2 Mt | −7% |
| Burkina Faso | 1.8 Mt | 0.2% | 2.0 Mt | −7% |
| Belarus | 1.7 Mt | 0.1% | 1.0 Mt | +70% |
| Peru | 1.7 Mt | 0.1% | 1.6 Mt | +3% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1.6 Mt | 0.1% | 1.4 Mt | +16% |
| Bulgaria | 1.6 Mt | 0.1% | 2.4 Mt | −33% |
| Zambia | 1.5 Mt | 0.1% | 3.3 Mt | −54% |
| Colombia | 1.5 Mt | 0.1% | 1.7 Mt | −14% |
| Cambodia | 1.4 Mt | 0.1% | 1.5 Mt | −9% |
| Ecuador | 1.2 Mt | 0.1% | 1.4 Mt | −15% |
| Bolivia | 1.1 Mt | 0.1% | 1.1 Mt | +0% |
| Slovakia | 1.1 Mt | 0.1% | 1.1 Mt | −4% |
| Togo | 1.0 Mt | 0.1% | 1.0 Mt | −0% |
| Kazakhstan | 1.0 Mt | 0.1% | 1.2 Mt | −15% |
| Greece | 960,000 t | 0.1% | 1.4 Mt | −32% |
| Guinea | 937,000 t | 0.1% | 982,000 t | −5% |
| Uzbekistan | 867,000 t | 0.1% | 781,000 t | +11% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 805,000 t | 0.1% | 800,000 t | +1% |
| El Salvador | 785,000 t | 0.1% | 770,000 t | +2% |
| Senegal | 774,000 t | 0.1% | 855,000 t | −9% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 762,000 t | 0.1% | 717,000 t | +6% |
| Honduras | 730,000 t | 0.1% | 727,000 t | +0% |
| Moldova | 717,000 t | 0.1% | 1.4 Mt | −47% |
| Czechia | 712,000 t | 0.1% | 508,000 t | +40% |
| Zimbabwe | 635,000 t | 0.1% | 1.0 Mt | −38% |
| Rwanda | 627,000 t | 0.1% | 508,000 t | +23% |
| Portugal | 618,000 t | 0.1% | 767,000 t | −20% |
| Burundi | 590,000 t | <0.1% | 603,000 t | −2% |
| Uruguay | 582,000 te | <0.1% | 266,000 t | +119% |
| Chile | 531,000 t | <0.1% | 543,000 t | −2% |
| Laos | 515,000 t | <0.1% | 458,000 t | +12% |
| Belgium | 502,000 t | <0.1% | 517,000 t | −3% |
| Iraq | 500,000 t | <0.1% | 538,000 t | −7% |
| Australia | 447,000 t | <0.1% | 387,000 t | +16% |
| Albania | 410,000 t | <0.1% | 409,000 t | +0% |
| Chad | 394,000 t | <0.1% | 354,000 t | +11% |
| Slovenia | 385,000 t | <0.1% | 389,000 t | −1% |
| Tajikistan | 340,000 t | <0.1% | 200,000 t | +70% |
| Syria | 320,000 t | <0.1% | 563,000 t | −43% |
| Azerbaijan | 303,000 te | <0.1% | 287,000 t | +5% |
| Iran | 270,000 te | <0.1% | 254,000 t | +6% |
| Madagascar | 265,000 t | <0.1% | 268,000 t | −1% |
| Afghanistan | 260,000 t | <0.1% | 363,000 t | −28% |
| New Zealand | 244,000 t | <0.1% | 193,000 t | +27% |
| Sri Lanka | 223,000 t | <0.1% | 221,000 t | +1% |
| Taiwan | 220,000 te | <0.1% | 223,000 t | −1% |
| Cuba | 220,000 t | <0.1% | 150,000 t | +47% |
| Georgia | 212,000 t | <0.1% | 191,000 t | +11% |
| Central African Republic | 200,000 t | <0.1% | 221,000 t | −9% |
| Haiti | 175,000 t | <0.1% | 180,000 t | −3% |
| South Sudan | 157,000 t | <0.1% | 141,000 t | +11% |
| Switzerland | 157,000 t | <0.1% | 135,000 t | +16% |
| North Macedonia | 130,000 t | <0.1% | 133,000 t | −2% |
| Netherlands | 123,000 t | <0.1% | 152,000 t | −19% |
| Lithuania | 112,000 t | <0.1% | 91,000 t | +22% |
| Belize | 105,000 t | <0.1% | 112,000 t | −7% |
| Dominican Republic | 91,000 t | <0.1% | 82,000 t | +12% |
| South Korea | 89,000 t | <0.1% | 91,000 t | −2% |
| Panama | 89,000 t | <0.1% | 94,000 t | −6% |
| Eswatini | 75,000 t | <0.1% | 85,000 t | −12% |
| Morocco | 73,000 t | <0.1% | 11,000 t | +576% |
| Timor-Leste | 70,000 t | <0.1% | 85,000 t | −18% |
| Somalia | 69,000 t | <0.1% | 95,000 t | −27% |
| Saudi Arabia | 67,000 te | <0.1% | 64,000 t | +6% |
| Denmark | 63,000 t | <0.1% | 41,000 t | +54% |
| Yemen | 58,000 t | <0.1% | 60,000 t | −3% |
| Lesotho | 56,000 t | <0.1% | 127,000 t | −56% |
| Gabon | 46,000 te | <0.1% | 46,000 t | −0% |
| Niger | 44,000 t | <0.1% | 43,000 t | +2% |
| Israel | 44,000 t | <0.1% | 51,000 t | −15% |
| Namibia | 30,000 t | <0.1% | 74,000 t | −59% |
| Kuwait | 30,000 t | <0.1% | 26,000 t | +15% |
| Bhutan | 28,000 t | <0.1% | 25,000 t | +10% |
| Sierra Leone | 27,000 te | <0.1% | 25,000 t | +8% |
| Gambia | 26,000 t | <0.1% | 21,000 t | +22% |
| Sudan | 22,000 te | <0.1% | 24,000 t | −7% |
| United Arab Emirates | 20,000 te | <0.1% | 19,000 t | +6% |
| Comoros | 20,000 te | <0.1% | 20,000 t | +2% |
| Eritrea | 20,000 t | <0.1% | 20,000 t | 0% |
| Botswana | 18,000 t | <0.1% | 33,000 t | −45% |
| Mauritania | 18,000 t | <0.1% | 17,000 t | +6% |
| Sweden | 16,000 t | <0.1% | 16,000 t | −1% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 15,000 t | <0.1% | 21,000 t | −29% |
| Republic of the Congo | 13,000 t | <0.1% | 13,000 t | 0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 13,000 te | <0.1% | 13,000 t | +0% |
| Algeria | 12,000 t | <0.1% | 12,000 t | 0% |
| Costa Rica | 8,000 t | <0.1% | 7,000 t | +10% |
| New Caledonia | 7,000 te | <0.1% | 4,000 t | +103% |
| Turkmenistan | 7,000 t | <0.1% | 4,000 t | +53% |
| Armenia | 6,000 t | <0.1% | 6,000 t | −3% |
| Lebanon | 5,000 t | <0.1% | 3,000 t | +67% |
| Guyana | 4,000 t | <0.1% | 4,000 t | 0% |
| Libya | 4,000 te | <0.1% | 4,000 t | −4% |
| Montenegro | 3,000 t | <0.1% | 3,000 t | +9% |
| Oman | 2,000 t | <0.1% | 2,000 t | +2% |
| Fiji | 2,000 t | <0.1% | 2,000 t | +21% |
| Jamaica | 2,000 t | <0.1% | 2,000 t | +4% |
| Luxembourg | 2,000 t | <0.1% | 950 t | +81% |
| Qatar | 2,000 te | <0.1% | 2,000 t | −20% |
| Malaysia | 1,000 t | <0.1% | 568 t | +132% |
| Mauritius | 1,000 t | <0.1% | 2,000 t | −14% |
| Vanuatu | 985 te | <0.1% | 984 t | +0% |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 796 te | <0.1% | 787 t | +1% |
| Bahamas | 605 te | <0.1% | 604 t | +0% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 427 t | <0.1% | 633 t | −33% |
| Puerto Rico | 233 te | <0.1% | 341 t | −32% |
| Dominica | 194 te | <0.1% | 194 t | +0% |
| Grenada | 177 te | <0.1% | 390 t | −55% |
| Japan | 169 te | <0.1% | 170 t | −0% |
| Maldives | 147 te | <0.1% | 147 t | +0% |
| Suriname | 111 te | <0.1% | 105 t | +6% |
| Micronesia | 91 te | <0.1% | 90 t | +0% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 50 te | <0.1% | 52 t | −3% |
| Djibouti | 17 te | <0.1% | 17 t | +1% |
| Cabo Verde | 5 t | <0.1% | 464 t | −99% |
| Barbados | 1 te | <0.1% | 43 t | −97% |
| Estonia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Finland | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Ireland | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Jordan | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Latvia | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Malta | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 t | 0.0% | 0 t | – |
| World | 1,218 Mt | 100% | 1,239 Mt | −2% |
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
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Nicaragua (2023: 356,000 t).