Maize production rose 50.7% to 472 kt in Sri Lanka in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in Sri Lanka reached an all time high of 472 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 8.97 kt in 1962. When compared to Sri Lanka's main peers, maize production in India amounted to 31,650 kt, 74.7 kt in Malaysia, 0.144 kt in Maldives and 2,300 kt in Myanmar in 2021.
Sri Lanka has been ranked 77th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of maize production, 21 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 |
| Bangladesh | kt | 2,446 | 3,025 | 3,288 | 3,569 | 4,015 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | kt | 542 | 1,232 | 1,232 | 895 | 900 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 263,613 | 259,071 | 257,174 | 260,779 | 260,670 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 22,570 | 25,900 | 28,753 | 27,715 | 28,766 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 23,578 | 28,924 | 30,254 | 19,650 | 16,926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kt | 1,552 | 1,193 | 982 | 794 | 684 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 64.9 | 72.6 | 68.9 | 60.5 | 68.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | kt | 0.146 | 0.143 | 0.151 | 0.147 | 0.147 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | kt | 1,831 | 1,909 | 1,984 | 1,986 | 2,072 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 6,134 | 5,902 | 6,826 | 7,883 | 8,940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sri Lanka | kt | 244 | 196 | 270 | 246 | 314 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 4,390 | 4,821 | 5,069 | 4,535 | 4,990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 5,244 | 5,110 | 4,874 | 4,732 | 4,558 |
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