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Global Maize Production in 1997

Source: FAOStat

Rank MAIZE PRODUCTION (MT) Year 1997
1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 237,897,000
2 CHINA 105,395,400
3 BRAZIL 34,610,500
4 MEXICO 18,462,990
5 FRANCE 16,813,000
6 ARGENTINA 15,540,000
7 ROMANIA 12,679,700
8 INDIA 9,800,000
9 ITALY 9,778,066
10 INDONESIA 9,324,736
11 SOUTH AFRICA 8,657,000
12 CANADA 7,180,000
13 YUGOSLAVIA, FED REP OF 6,869,000
14 HUNGARY 6,811,000
15 UKRAINE 5,376,000
16 NIGERIA 5,354,000
17 EGYPT 5,328,900
18 THAILAND 4,550,000
19 SPAIN 4,440,000
20 PHILIPPINES 4,332,420
21 ETHIOPIA 3,300,000
22 GERMANY 3,061,100
23 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2,674,600
24 KENYA 2,214,000
25 ZIMBABWE 2,192,170
26 CROATIA 2,183,140
27 TANZANIA, UNITED REP OF 2,107,000
28 GREECE 2,045,000
29 TURKEY 2,000,000
30 MOLDOVA, REP OF 1,691,789
31 BULGARIA 1,650,000
32 AUSTRIA 1,620,000
33 VIET NAM 1,500,000
34 NEPAL 1,360,000
35 PAKISTAN 1,260,000
36 MALAWI 1,226,478
37 VENEZUELA 1,199,220
38 KOREA, DEM PEOPLE'S REP 1,137,500
39 GUATEMALA 1,135,896
40 GHANA 1,093,000
41 PARAGUAY 1,055,661
42 MOZAMBIQUE 1,042,026
43 COLOMBIA 1,008,260
44 IRAN, ISLAMIC REP OF 1,000,000
45 CONGO, DEM REP OF 1,000,000
46 ZAMBIA 963,000
47 PORTUGAL 825,269
48 PERU 823,574
49 SLOVAKIA 818,728
50 CHILE 780,394
51 UGANDA 740,000
52 BOLIVIA 677,998
53 HONDURAS 609,580
54 CAMEROON 600,000
55 ECUADOR 597,657
56 COTE D'IVOIRE 586,000
57 EL SALVADOR 501,630
58 TOGO 452,072
59 BENIN 451,015
60 POLAND 416,516
61 GEORGIA 400,000
62 MOROCCO 374,460
63 AUSTRALIA 371,000
64 ANGOLA 369,505
65 BURKINA FASO 366,467
66 AFGHANISTAN 360,000
67 SLOVENIA 355,285
68 NICARAGUA 318,418
69 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 303,260
70 MALI 289,761
71 MYANMAR 285,842
72 CZECH REPUBLIC 285,199
73 BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG 275,700
74 ALBANIA 224,000
75 UZBEKISTAN 220,000
76 SWITZERLAND 210,300
77 HAITI 204,058
78 NEW ZEALAND 200,000
79 KYRGYZSTAN 184,000
80 MADAGASCAR 178,000
81 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 173,000
82 URUGUAY 162,300
83 BURUNDI 162,000
84 MACEDONIA, FMR YUG RP OF 144,000
85 SOMALIA 138,000
86 IRAQ 121,000
87 KAZAKHSTAN 111,210
88 SWAZILAND 108,207
89 PANAMA 106,665
90 SENEGAL 103,952
91 NETHERLANDS 95,000
92 LESOTHO 91,000
93 CUBA 90,000
94 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 82,000
95 GUINEA 80,543
96 LAOS 80,000
97 RWANDA 78,000
98 KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 74,600
99 CHAD 65,000
100 CAMBODIA 64,563
101 TURKMENISTAN 60,000
102 COSTA RICA 55,000
103 YEMEN 52,378
104 SUDAN 52,000
105 NAMIBIA 49,300
106 MALAYSIA 48,000
107 BHUTAN 39,000
108 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 33,876
109 SRI LANKA 32,963
110 GABON 31,000
111 BELIZE 28,000
112 CONGO, REPUBLIC OF 20,000
113 REUNION 17,000
114 TAJIKISTAN 16,000
115 AZERBAIJAN 14,607
116 GUINEA-BISSAU 14,000
117 BOTSWANA 11,624
118 CAPE VERDE 10,000
119 ERITREA 10,000
120 SIERRA LEONE 8,500
121 GAMBIA 8,466
122 SAUDI ARABIA 6,600
123 MAURITANIA 5,846
124 ARMENIA 5,000
125 BELARUS 5,000
126 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 5,000
127 LEBANON 4,500
128 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 4,200
129 COMOROS 4,000
130 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 3,700
131 GUYANA 3,200
132 JAMAICA 3,121
133 NIGER 3,000
134 ISRAEL 2,500
135 BARBADOS 2,000
136 FIJI 2,000
137 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1,800
138 BANGLADESH 1,745
139 NEW CALEDONIA 1,633
140 SAINT VINCENT/GRENADINES 1,300
141 KUWAIT 1,100
142 JORDAN 750
143 VANUATU 700
144 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 530
145 QATAR 400
146 BAHAMAS 312
147 GRENADA 290
148 JAPAN 270
149 ALGERIA 257
150 MAURITIUS 232
151 DOMINICA 170
152 SURINAME 167
153 SAINT LUCIA 50
154 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 45
155 MONTSERRAT 30
156 FRENCH GUIANA 29
157 GUAM 20
158 DJIBOUTI 13
159 PUERTO RICO 12
  Total Production (MT) = 589,389,516

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Last Updated on 10/3/98
By Ricardo J. Salvador

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