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Where Corn (maize) Grows

United States grew the most corn (maize) in 2024: 377.6 million tonnes, 31.0% of the world’s 1.22 billion tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s corn (maize).

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Corn (maize) grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

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Share of the world’s corn (maize): 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 corn (maize) producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1United States 31.0%

    377.6 million tonnes

  2. 2China 24.2%

    294.9 million tonnes

  3. 3Brazil 9.4%

    115.0 million tonnes

  4. 4Argentina 4.7%

    57.5 million tonnes

  5. 5India 3.3%

    40.2 million tonnes

  6. 6Ukraine 2.2%

    26.9 million tonnes

  7. 7Mexico 2.0%

    24.3 million tonnes

  8. 8Canada 1.3%

    15.3 million tonnes

  9. 9Indonesia 1.2%

    15.1 million tonnes

  10. 10France 1.2%

    14.7 million tonnes

World total

1.22 billion tonnes

Countries growing it

162

Largest producer

United States

Top 3 together

64.7%

All 162 countries that grow corn (maize)

#CountryTonnesShare
1 United States 377,632,690 31.0%
2 China 294,920,000 24.2%
3 Brazil 114,953,303 9.4%
4 Argentina 57,494,500 4.7%
5 India 40,230,573 3.3%
6 Ukraine 26,863,740 2.2%
7 Mexico 24,326,508 2.0%
8 Canada 15,344,938 1.3%
9 Indonesia 15,138,912 1.2%
10 France 14,670,620 1.2%
11 Russia 13,954,000 1.1%
12 South Africa 12,850,000 1.1%
13 Ethiopia 11,701,131 1.0%
14 Nigeria 11,164,000 0.9%
15 Tanzania 10,084,000 0.8%
16 Poland 9,223,230 0.8%
17 Pakistan 9,200,000 0.8%
18 Philippines 8,138,178 0.7%
19 Turkey 8,100,000 0.7%
20 Egypt 7,206,000 0.6%
21 Romania 5,971,850 0.5%
22 Hungary 5,297,730 0.4%
23 Serbia 5,107,309 0.4%
24 Germany 5,010,500 0.4%
25 Uganda 5,000,000 0.4%
26 Italy 4,940,530 0.4%
27 Bangladesh 4,592,508 0.4%
28 Thailand 4,558,192 0.4%
29 Vietnam 4,402,173 0.4%
30 Kenya 4,023,000 0.3%
31 Mali 3,952,763 0.3%
32 Paraguay 3,942,500 0.3%
33 Ghana 3,794,000 0.3%
34 Spain 3,500,060 0.3%
35 Angola 3,352,459 0.3%
36 Nepal 3,193,869 0.3%
37 Malawi 3,000,000 0.2%
38 Venezuela 2,832,022 0.2%
39 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,387,753 0.2%
40 Mozambique 2,318,945 0.2%
41 North Korea 2,300,000 0.2%
42 Guatemala 2,261,090 0.2%
43 Cameroon 2,200,000 0.2%
44 Benin 2,094,824 0.2%
45 Croatia 2,067,100 0.2%
46 Austria 2,059,360 0.2%
47 Myanmar 2,050,000 0.2%
48 Burkina Faso 1,850,000 0.2%
49 Belarus 1,700,000 0.1%
50 Peru 1,686,077 0.1%
51 Côte d'Ivoire 1,640,661 0.1%
52 Bulgaria 1,635,100 0.1%
53 Zambia 1,511,143 0.1%
54 Colombia 1,489,582 0.1%
55 Cambodia 1,380,000 0.1%
56 Ecuador 1,195,203 0.1%
57 Bolivia 1,118,419 0.1%
58 Slovakia 1,063,820 0.1%
59 Togo 1,010,000 0.1%
60 Kazakhstan 1,005,167 0.1%
61 Greece 960,030 0.1%
62 Guinea 937,000 0.1%
63 Uzbekistan 866,836 0.1%
64 Kyrgyzstan 805,250 0.1%
65 El Salvador 785,000 0.1%
66 Senegal 774,000 0.1%
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 762,288 0.1%
68 Honduras 730,330 0.1%
69 Moldova 716,903 0.1%
70 Czechia 712,240 0.1%
71 Zimbabwe 634,699 0.1%
72 Rwanda 627,086 0.1%
73 Portugal 617,530 0.1%
74 Burundi 590,000 under 0.1%
75 Uruguay 581,658 under 0.1%
76 Chile 530,937 under 0.1%
77 Laos 515,300 under 0.1%
78 Belgium 501,790 under 0.1%
79 Iraq 500,000 under 0.1%
80 Australia 447,027 under 0.1%
81 Albania 410,438 under 0.1%
82 Chad 394,045 under 0.1%
83 Slovenia 384,930 under 0.1%
84 Tajikistan 340,000 under 0.1%
85 Syria 320,113 under 0.1%
86 Azerbaijan 302,689 under 0.1%
87 Iran 269,805 under 0.1%
88 Madagascar 265,000 under 0.1%
89 Afghanistan 260,000 under 0.1%
90 New Zealand 244,444 under 0.1%
91 Sri Lanka 223,496 under 0.1%
92 Taiwan 220,070 under 0.1%
93 Cuba 220,000 under 0.1%
94 Georgia 211,500 under 0.1%
95 Central African Republic 200,000 under 0.1%
96 Haiti 175,000 under 0.1%
97 South Sudan 157,000 under 0.1%
98 Switzerland 156,750 under 0.1%
99 North Macedonia 130,413 under 0.1%
100 Netherlands 122,710 under 0.1%
101 Lithuania 111,740 under 0.1%
102 Belize 104,890 under 0.1%
103 Dominican Republic 91,449 under 0.1%
104 South Korea 89,000 under 0.1%
105 Panama 88,900 under 0.1%
106 Eswatini 75,000 under 0.1%
107 Morocco 73,227 under 0.1%
108 Timor-Leste 70,000 under 0.1%
109 Somalia 69,000 under 0.1%
110 Saudi Arabia 67,441 under 0.1%
111 Denmark 62,660 under 0.1%
112 Yemen 58,000 under 0.1%
113 Lesotho 56,443 under 0.1%
114 Gabon 45,976 under 0.1%
115 Niger 44,298 under 0.1%
116 Israel 43,671 under 0.1%
117 Namibia 30,056 under 0.1%
118 Kuwait 30,030 under 0.1%
119 Bhutan 27,636 under 0.1%
120 Sierra Leone 27,443 under 0.1%
121 Gambia 25,817 under 0.1%
122 Sudan 22,170 under 0.1%
123 United Arab Emirates 20,216 under 0.1%
124 Comoros 20,105 under 0.1%
125 Eritrea 20,000 under 0.1%
126 Botswana 18,000 under 0.1%
127 Mauritania 18,000 under 0.1%
128 Sweden 15,500 under 0.1%
129 Guinea-Bissau 15,000 under 0.1%
130 Republic of the Congo 13,000 under 0.1%
131 Papua New Guinea 12,926 under 0.1%
132 Algeria 12,000 under 0.1%
133 Costa Rica 8,042 under 0.1%
134 New Caledonia 7,326 under 0.1%
135 Turkmenistan 6,740 under 0.1%
136 Armenia 6,298 under 0.1%
137 Lebanon 5,000 under 0.1%
138 Guyana 4,000 under 0.1%
139 Libya 3,800 under 0.1%
140 Montenegro 3,464 under 0.1%
141 Oman 2,492 under 0.1%
142 Fiji 2,421 under 0.1%
143 Jamaica 2,381 under 0.1%
144 Luxembourg 1,720 under 0.1%
145 Qatar 1,605 under 0.1%
146 Malaysia 1,317 under 0.1%
147 Mauritius 1,289 under 0.1%
148 Vanuatu 985 under 0.1%
149 São Tomé and Principe 796 under 0.1%
150 Bahamas 605 under 0.1%
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 427 under 0.1%
152 Puerto Rico 233 under 0.1%
153 Dominica 194 under 0.1%
154 Grenada 177 under 0.1%
155 Japan 169 under 0.1%
156 Maldives 147 under 0.1%
157 Suriname 111 under 0.1%
158 Federated States of Micronesia 91 under 0.1%
159 Antigua and Barbuda 50 under 0.1%
160 Djibouti 17 under 0.1%
161 Cabo Verde 5 under 0.1%
162 Barbados 1 under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Maize (corn). Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

  1. 1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
  2. 2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
  3. 3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
  4. 4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most corn (maize)?

United States grew the most corn (maize) in 2024: 377.6 million tonnes, 31.0% of the world’s 1.22 billion tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 corn (maize) producing countries?

United States (31.0%), China (24.2%), Brazil (9.4%), Argentina (4.7%) and India (3.3%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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