Maize production rose 4.06% to 1,210,235 kt in the World in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in the World reached an all time high of 1,210,235 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 204,877 kt in 1962. When compared to World's main peers, maize production in China amounted to 272,552 kt, 4,462 kt in Germany, 0.167 kt in Japan and 383,943 kt in USA in 2021.
World has been ranked th 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 |
| Austria | kt | 2,180 | 2,076 | 2,130 | 2,299 | 2,412 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 480 | 609 | 377 | 429 | 421 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 13,889 | 14,096 | 13,885 | 13,404 | 13,563 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 263,613 | 259,071 | 257,174 | 260,779 | 260,670 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 11,840 | 14,535 | 12,580 | 12,845 | 13,726 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 4,018 | 4,548 | 3,344 | 3,665 | 4,020 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 22,570 | 25,900 | 28,753 | 27,715 | 28,766 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 0.170 | 0.173 | 0.163 | 0.169 | 0.155 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 28,250 | 27,763 | 27,169 | 27,228 | 27,425 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 4,343 | 4,022 | 3,792 | 3,665 | 6,694 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 15,282 | 13,208 | 11,419 | 14,282 | 13,879 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 73.7 | 72.6 | 78.0 | 76.3 | 91.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 412,262 | 371,096 | 364,262 | 345,962 | 358,447 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 1,123,614 | 1,140,320 | 1,124,325 | 1,137,730 | 1,155,754 |
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