Maize production rose 0.852% to 770 kt in Uruguay in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in Uruguay reached an all time high of 816 kt in 2019 and an all time low of 60.2 kt in 1989. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, maize production in Argentina amounted to 60,526 kt, 88,462 kt in Brazil, 794 kt in Chile and 4,088 kt in Paraguay in 2021.
Uruguay has been ranked 70th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of maize production, 18 places 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 |
| Argentina | kt | 39,793 | 49,476 | 43,462 | 56,861 | 58,396 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | kt | 985 | 955 | 1,261 | 988 | 955 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | kt | 64,188 | 97,911 | 82,367 | 101,126 | 103,991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 1,174 | 1,063 | 1,111 | 973 | 593 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | kt | 5,152 | 5,156 | 5,345 | 5,577 | 5,835 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | kt | 1,576 | 1,523 | 1,577 | 1,576 | 1,448 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 487 | 471 | 309 | 816 | 763 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | kt | 1,543 | 1,282 | 1,091 | 1,023 | 1,636 |
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