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Maize use by country

The United States used 26% of the world’s maize in 2024; the top three countries used 58%.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Maize useShare of world use, 2024

Summary

The countries that report used 1,219 Mt of maize in 2024, 0.9% less than in 2023. The United States 316 Mt (26%), China 309 Mt (25%) and Brazil 76.8 Mt (6.3%); together, 58% of the world total.

194 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. 5 more reported a figure for one of the two years before but not yet for 2024; they are hatched on the map. Use is production plus imports minus exports. It covers food, animal feed, industrial uses, seed and waste, and leaves out changes in stocks; FAOSTAT’s food balance sheets, which split these, come two years or more later.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data

Use, worked out as production plus imports minus exports, in million tonnes (Mt) or tonnes (t), for every country with a figure for 2024. e: FAOSTAT’s own estimate or imputation.
United States316 Mt25.9%378 Mt628,000 t62.6 Mt
China309 Mt25.3%295 Mt13.6 Mt4,000 t
Brazil76.8 Mt6.3%115 Mt1.6 Mt39.8 Mt
Mexico48.2 Mte4.0%24.3 Mt23.9 Mt25,000 t
India40.6 Mt3.3%40.2 Mt896,000 t501,000 t
Argentina25.4 Mt2.1%57.5 Mt10,000 t32.1 Mt
Indonesia16.8 Mt1.4%15.1 Mt1.8 Mt56,000 t
Canada15.4 Mte1.3%15.3 Mt2.4 Mt2.4 Mt
Japan15.3 Mte1.3%169 t15.3 Mt4 t
Egypt15.1 Mte1.2%7.2 Mt7.9 Mt10,000 t
Vietnam13.1 Mt1.1%4.4 Mt8.8 Mt142,000 t
Spain12.7 Mt1.0%3.5 Mt9.4 Mt171,000 t
Italy12.3 Mt1.0%4.9 Mt7.4 Mt29,000 t
Türkiye11.9 Mt1.0%8.1 Mt4.5 Mt704,000 t
Ethiopia11.7 Mte1.0%11.7 Mt5,000 t102 t
Russia11.6 Mt1.0%14.0 Mt7,000 t2.3 Mt
South Korea11.4 Mt0.9%89,000 t11.3 Mt10 t
Nigeria11.3 Mt0.9%11.2 Mt125,000 t11,000 t
France11.0 Mt0.9%14.7 Mt352,000 t4.1 Mt
Philippines10.1 Mt0.8%8.1 Mt1.9 Mt1,000 t
Tanzania9.7 Mt0.8%10.1 Mt22,000 t372,000 t
South Africa9.4 Mte0.8%12.9 Mt21,000 t3.5 Mt
Colombia8.3 Mt0.7%1.5 Mt6.9 Mt2,000 t
Pakistan8.0 Mt0.7%9.2 Mt28,000 t1.2 Mt
Germany7.3 Mt0.6%5.0 Mt2.7 Mt427,000 t
Thailand6.6 Mte0.5%4.6 Mt2.0 Mt28,000 t
Poland6.1 Mt0.5%9.2 Mt171,000 t3.3 Mt
Peru5.9 Mt0.5%1.7 Mt4.2 Mt14,000 t
Bangladesh5.8 Mt0.5%4.6 Mt1.2 Mt62 t
Iran5.2 Mte0.4%270,000 t4.9 Mt548 t
Taiwan5.2 Mte0.4%220,000 t4.9 Mt262 t
Netherlands5.1 Mt0.4%123,000 t5.3 Mt373,000 t
Algeria5.0 Mt0.4%12,000 t5.0 Mt20 t
Uganda4.8 Mte0.4%5.0 Mt34,000 t227,000 t
Saudi Arabia4.8 Mte0.4%67,000 t4.7 Mt185 t
Kenya4.3 Mt0.4%4.0 Mt315,000 t1,000 t
Guatemala4.3 Mt0.4%2.3 Mt2.0 Mt4,000 t
Venezuela4.2 Mte0.3%2.8 Mt1.4 Mt1 t
Malaysia4.0 Mt0.3%1,000 t4.0 Mt7,000 t
Mali4.0 Mt0.3%4.0 Mt17,000 t4,000 t
Ghana4.0 Mt0.3%3.8 Mt163,000 t902 t
Romania3.6 Mt0.3%6.0 Mt503,000 t2.9 Mt
Nepal3.6 Mt0.3%3.2 Mt361,000 t61 t
Angola3.5 Mt0.3%3.4 Mt143,000 t22 t
Hungary3.4 Mte0.3%5.3 Mt278,000 t2.2 Mt
Chile3.2 Mt0.3%531,000 t2.7 Mt19,000 t
Malawi3.1 Mt0.3%3.0 Mt61,000 t357 t
Serbia3.0 Mte0.2%5.1 Mt20,000 t2.1 Mt
Morocco2.9 Mt0.2%73,000 t2.9 Mt0 t
United Kingdom2.7 Mt0.2%0 t2.8 Mt156,000 t
Austria2.6 Mt0.2%2.1 Mt1.1 Mt498,000 t
Mozambique2.5 Mte0.2%2.3 Mt214,000 t4,000 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo2.4 Mt0.2%2.4 Mt36,000 t93 t
Zimbabwe2.3 Mt0.2%635,000 t1.7 Mt12,000 t
North Korea2.3 Mt0.2%2.3 Mt360 t0 t
Portugal2.3 Mt0.2%618,000 t1.8 Mt127,000 t
Cameroon2.2 Mte0.2%2.2 Mt48,000 t8 t
Belgium2.2 Mt0.2%502,000 t1.8 Mt131,000 t
Benin2.1 Mt0.2%2.1 Mt4,000 t2 t
Paraguay2.1 Mt0.2%3.9 Mt21,000 t1.9 Mt
Burkina Faso1.8 Mt0.2%1.8 Mt1,000 t2,000 t
Belarus1.7 Mt0.1%1.7 Mt12,000 t27 t
Honduras1.7 Mt0.1%730,000 t987,000 t11,000 t
Côte d'Ivoire1.7 Mt0.1%1.6 Mt87,000 t58,000 t
Greece1.7 Mt0.1%960,000 t712,000 t14,000 t
Zambia1.6 Mt0.1%1.5 Mt148,000 t33,000 t
Dominican Republic1.6 Mt0.1%91,000 t1.5 Mt5,000 t
El Salvador1.5 Mt0.1%785,000 t729,000 t2,000 t
Iraq1.5 Mt0.1%500,000 t967,000 t29 t
Cambodia1.5 Mt0.1%1.4 Mt294,000 t210,000 t
Ireland1.4 Mt0.1%0 t1.5 Mt128,000 t
Ecuador1.4 Mt0.1%1.2 Mt174,000 t73 t
Senegal1.3 Mt0.1%774,000 t513,000 t5,000 t
Israel1.2 Mte0.1%44,000 t1.1 Mt0 t
Bolivia1.1 Mte0.1%1.1 Mt5,000 t21,000 t
Costa Rica1.1 Mt0.1%8,000 t1.1 Mt120 t
Croatia1.1 Mt0.1%2.1 Mt43,000 t1.0 Mt
Tunisia1.0 Mt0.1%0 t1.0 Mt0 t
Togo1.0 Mt0.1%1.0 Mt4,000 t22 t
Uzbekistan959,000 t0.1%867,000 t93,000 t40 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina955,000 t0.1%762,000 t193,000 t750 t
Slovakia952,000 t0.1%1.1 Mt177,000 t289,000 t
Guinea946,000 t0.1%937,000 t9,000 t9 t
Bulgaria839,000 t0.1%1.6 Mt93,000 t889,000 t
Kazakhstan810,000 t0.1%1.0 Mt18,000 t213,000 t
Libya805,000 te0.1%4,000 t802,000 t0 t
Kyrgyzstan791,000 t0.1%805,000 t2,000 t16,000 t
Rwanda732,000 t0.1%627,000 t106,000 t1,000 t
Czechia726,000 t0.1%712,000 t297,000 t283,000 t
Jordan686,000 t0.1%0 t686,000 t163 t
Panama658,000 t0.1%89,000 t569,000 t64 t
Burundi624,000 t0.1%590,000 t34,000 t92 t
Yemen597,000 t<0.1%58,000 t540,000 t808 t
Uruguay589,000 te<0.1%582,000 t160,000 t153,000 t
United Arab Emirates526,000 te<0.1%20,000 t662,000 t157,000 t
Albania500,000 t<0.1%410,000 t90,000 t0 t
Slovenia494,000 t<0.1%385,000 t1.4 Mt1.2 Mt
Sri Lanka477,000 t<0.1%223,000 t254,000 t19 t
Lebanon447,000 te<0.1%5,000 t453,000 t11,000 t
Syria427,000 t<0.1%320,000 t109,000 t2,000 t
Moldova424,000 t<0.1%717,000 t4,000 t297,000 t
Tajikistan421,000 t<0.1%340,000 t81,000 t0 t
Chad404,000 t<0.1%394,000 t10,000 t0 t
Azerbaijan388,000 te<0.1%303,000 t85,000 t101 t
Switzerland380,000 t<0.1%157,000 t223,000 t200 t
Namibia376,000 te<0.1%30,000 t346,000 t37 t
Australia357,000 t<0.1%447,000 t1,000 t91,000 t
Botswana335,000 t<0.1%18,000 t318,000 t146 t
Jamaica328,000 t<0.1%2,000 t326,000 t3 t
Afghanistan315,000 t<0.1%260,000 t56,000 t1,000 t
Oman292,000 t<0.1%2,000 t289,000 t6 t
Cyprus280,000 t<0.1%0 t280,000 t1 t
New Zealand280,000 t<0.1%244,000 t36,000 t1,000 t
Madagascar266,000 t<0.1%265,000 t1,000 t1 t
Georgia254,000 t<0.1%212,000 t57,000 t15,000 t
Cuba247,000 t<0.1%220,000 t27,000 t0 t
Eswatini243,000 te<0.1%75,000 t168,000 t102 t
Denmark234,000 t<0.1%63,000 t175,000 t4,000 t
Kuwait229,000 t<0.1%30,000 t199,000 t0 t
Central African Republic200,000 t<0.1%200,000 t48 t0 t
Laos186,000 t<0.1%515,000 t2,000 t331,000 t
South Sudan179,000 t<0.1%157,000 t22,000 t247 t
North Macedonia176,000 t<0.1%130,000 t53,000 t7,000 t
Haiti176,000 t<0.1%175,000 t617 t0 t
Lithuania161,000 t<0.1%112,000 t109,000 t60,000 t
Lesotho156,000 t<0.1%56,000 t100,000 t137 t
Niger136,000 t<0.1%44,000 t92,000 t0 t
Mauritius115,000 t<0.1%1,000 t114,000 t0 t
Qatar109,000 te<0.1%2,000 t108,000 t0 t
Belize104,000 t<0.1%105,000 t478 t1,000 t
Norway94,000 t<0.1%0 t94,000 t9 t
Trinidad and Tobago84,000 t<0.1%0 t84,000 t564 t
Bhutan77,000 t<0.1%28,000 t49,000 t34 t
Armenia74,000 t<0.1%6,000 t68,000 t113 t
Somalia72,000 t<0.1%69,000 t3,000 t0 t
Timor-Leste71,000 t<0.1%70,000 t676 t0 t
Sweden60,000 t<0.1%16,000 t46,000 t642 t
Guyana60,000 t<0.1%4,000 t57,000 t438 t
Gabon52,000 te<0.1%46,000 t6,000 t10 t
Malta47,000 t<0.1%0 t47,000 t0 t
Mauritania47,000 t<0.1%18,000 t29,000 t0 t
Estonia44,000 t<0.1%0 t44,000 t16 t
Finland43,000 t<0.1%0 t43,000 t10 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31,000 te<0.1%427 t31,000 t174 t
Brunei30,000 t<0.1%0 t30,000 t0 t
Sierra Leone28,000 te<0.1%27,000 t501 t0 t
Barbados28,000 te<0.1%1 t28,000 t2 t
Sudan27,000 te<0.1%22,000 t5,000 t14 t
Gambia26,000 te<0.1%26,000 t477 t0 t
Republic of the Congo25,000 t<0.1%13,000 t12,000 t0 t
Bahrain23,000 t<0.1%0 t23,000 t25 t
Montenegro22,000 t<0.1%3,000 t21,000 t3,000 t
Iceland21,000 t<0.1%0 t21,000 t0 t
Cabo Verde20,000 t<0.1%5 t20,000 t0 t
Comoros20,000 te<0.1%20,000 t3 t0 t
Guinea-Bissau15,000 t<0.1%15,000 t96 t0 t
Papua New Guinea14,000 te<0.1%13,000 t1,000 t0 t
Liberia12,000 t<0.1%0 t12,000 t0 t
Hong Kong10,000 t<0.1%0 t10,000 t15 t
Saint Lucia9,000 te<0.1%0 t9,000 t78 t
Suriname8,000 te<0.1%111 t8,000 t0 t
New Caledonia7,000 te<0.1%7,000 t97 t0 t
Turkmenistan7,000 t<0.1%7,000 t292 t0 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis7,000 t<0.1%0 t7,000 t0 t
Marshall Islands7,000 t<0.1%0 t7,000 t0 t
Luxembourg5,000 t<0.1%2,000 t15,000 t12,000 t
Seychelles5,000 t<0.1%0 t5,000 t0 t
Bahamas4,000 te<0.1%605 t3,000 t0 t
Fiji3,000 t<0.1%2,000 t106 t7 t
Djibouti2,000 te<0.1%17 t2,000 t0 t
Singapore2,000 t<0.1%0 t2,000 t237 t
French Polynesia1,000 t<0.1%0 t1,000 t0 t
Vanuatu1,000 te<0.1%985 t26 t0 t
São Tomé and Príncipe861 te<0.1%796 t65 t0 t
Grenada524 te<0.1%177 t347 t0 t
Palestine466 t<0.1%0 t466 t0 t
Dominica334 te<0.1%194 t139 t0 t
Maldives314 te<0.1%147 t167 t0 t
Palau243 te<0.1%0 t243 t0 t
Puerto Rico233 te<0.1%233 t–0 t
Mongolia145 t<0.1%0 t145 t0 t
Antigua and Barbuda93 te<0.1%50 t43 t0 t
Micronesia91 te<0.1%91 t0 t0 t
Faroe Islands34 t<0.1%0 t34 t0 t
Equatorial Guinea26 t<0.1%0 t26 t0 t
Macao20 t<0.1%0 t20 t0 t
Samoa4 t<0.1%0 t4 t0 t
Kiribati2 t<0.1%0 t2 t0 t
Cook Islands1 t<0.1%0 t1 t0 t
Tuvalu1 t<0.1%0 t1 t0 t
Tonga1 t<0.1%0 t1 t0 t
Nauru0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Solomon Islands0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Niue0 t<0.1%0 t0 t0 t
Total, reporting countries1,219 Mt100%

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO)2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Not yet reported

Eritrea (2023: 20,000 t); Latvia (2023: 45,000 t); Myanmar (2023: 988,000 t); Nicaragua (2023: 817,000 t); Ukraine (2023: 4.7 Mt).

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