Maize production rose 12.8% to 881 kt in El Salvador in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in El Salvador reached an all time high of 926 kt in 2012 and an all time low of 176 kt in 1961. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, maize production in Costa Rica amounted to 6.25 kt, 1,960 kt in Guatemala, 674 kt in Honduras and 376 kt in Nicaragua in 2021.
El Salvador has been ranked 67th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of maize production.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kt | 9.54 | 6.72 | 18.1 | 13.3 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 28,250 | 27,763 | 27,169 | 27,228 | 27,425 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | 411 | 408 | 395 | 400 | 371 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kt | 128 | 116 | 129 | 123 | 133 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 412,262 | 371,096 | 364,262 | 345,962 | 358,447 |
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