Maize production rose 4.56% to 272,552 kt in China in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in China reached an all time high of 272,552 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 16,250 kt in 1962. When compared to China's main peers, maize production in India amounted to 31,650 kt, 0.167 kt in Japan, 15,240 kt in Russia and 383,943 kt in USA in 2021.
China has been ranked 2nd 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 |
| Bangladesh | kt | 2,446 | 3,025 | 3,288 | 3,569 | 4,015 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 13,889 | 14,096 | 13,885 | 13,404 | 13,563 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 263,613 | 259,071 | 257,174 | 260,779 | 260,670 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 6,134 | 5,902 | 6,826 | 7,883 | 8,940 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 244 | 196 | 270 | 246 | 314 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 412,262 | 371,096 | 364,262 | 345,962 | 358,447 |
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