Maize production rose 0.288% to 27,503 kt in Mexico in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in Mexico reached an all time high of 28,250 kt in 2016 and an all time low of 6,246 kt in 1961. When compared to Mexico's main peers, maize production in Belize amounted to 109 kt, 1,960 kt in Guatemala, 674 kt in Honduras and 383,943 kt in USA in 2021.
Mexico has been ranked 7th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of maize production, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Maize Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belize | kt | 65.8 | 89.5 | 77.8 | 58.0 | 83.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 13,889 | 14,096 | 13,885 | 13,404 | 13,563 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 263,613 | 259,071 | 257,174 | 260,779 | 260,670 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 923 | 904 | 686 | 786 | 781 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 1,899 | 1,952 | 1,977 | 1,854 | 1,972 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 613 | 684 | 705 | 589 | 667 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 0.170 | 0.173 | 0.163 | 0.169 | 0.155 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 28,250 | 27,763 | 27,169 | 27,228 | 27,425 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | 411 | 408 | 395 | 400 | 371 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 412,262 | 371,096 | 364,262 | 345,962 | 358,447 |
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