DESCRIPTION

Maize, also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits.

Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. In addition to being consumed directly by humans (often in the form of masa), maize is also used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and corn syrup. The six major types of maize are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.[5] Sugar-rich varieties called sweet corn are usually grown for human consumption as kernels, while field corn varieties are used for animal feed, various corn-based human food uses (including grinding into cornmeal or masa, pressing into corn oil, and fermentation and distillation into alcoholic beverages like bourbon whiskey), and as chemical feedstocks. Maize is also used in making ethanol and other biofuels.

Source: Wikipedia

World Production

• Worldwide 1,148,487,291 tonnes of corn is produced per year.
• United States of America is the largest corn producer in the world with 347,047,570 tonnes production per year.
• China comes second with 260,957,662 tonnes yearly production.
• United States of America and China produce together more than 50 % of world’s total corn.
• With 101,138,617 tonnes of production per year, Brazil is the third largest producer of corn.

World Corn Production by Country

	Country	Production (Tons)	Production per Person (Kg)	Acreage (Hectare)	Yield (Kg / Hectare)
	United States of America	347,047,570	1,058.83	32,950,670	10,532.3
	China	260,957,662	187.219	41,309,740	6,317.1
	Brazil	101,138,617	482.686	17,518,054	5,773.4
	Argentina	56,860,704	1,277.927	7,232,761	7,861.5
	Ukraine	35,880,050	848.953	4,986,900	7,194.9
	Indonesia	30,693,355	115.817	5,644,775	5,437.5
	India	27,715,100	20.737	9,027,130	3,070.2
	Mexico	27,228,242	218.284	6,690,449	4,069.7
	Romania	17,432,220	892.861	2,681,930	6,499.9
	Russian Federation	14,282,352	97.24	2,506,247	5,698.7
	Canada	13,403,900	360.188	1,451,200	9,236.4
	France	12,845,020	190.871	1,506,100	8,528.7
	South Africa	11,275,500	195.329	2,300,500	4,901.3
	Nigeria	11,000,000	55.725	6,857,528	1,604.1
	Ethiopia	9,635,735	89.606	2,274,306	4,236.8
	Hungary	8,229,690	842.257	1,027,590	8,008.7
	Philippines	7,978,845	74.983	2,516,723	3,170.3
	Egypt	7,450,000	76.413	994,818	7,488.8
	Serbia	7,344,542	1,049.004	962,083	7,634
	Pakistan	7,236,313	35.846	1,413,246	5,120.3
	Italy	6,279,120	103.896	628,800	9,985.9
	Turkey	6,000,000	74.248	638,065	9,403.4
	Tanzania	5,652,005	104.282	3,428,630	1,648.5
	Paraguay	5,576,900	790.715	1,085,005	5,140
	Vietnam	4,756,232	50.245	991,088	4,799
	Thailand	4,309,480	62.291	958,170	4,497.6
	Spain	4,184,460	89.681	356,830	11,726.8
	Bulgaria	4,059,790	575.854	560,910	7,237.9
	Kenya	3,897,000	76.485	2,196,136	1,774.5
	Mali	3,816,536	199.738	1,432,151	2,664.9
	Germany	3,664,800	44.292	416,000	8,809.6
	Poland	3,664,550	95.348	664,950	5,511
	Bangladesh	3,569,321	21.616	445,099	8,019.2
	Malawi	3,030,000	168.975	1,700,000	1,782.4
	Angola	2,818,684	96.365	2,642,691	1,066.6
	Ghana	2,760,000	93.198	1,418,346	1,945.9
	Nepal	2,653,243	90.806	940,886	2,819.9
	Uganda	2,575,000	66.326	951,081	2,707.4
	North Korea	2,566,571	100.215	553,820	4,634.3
	Cameroon	2,309,535	97.063	1,420,018	1,626.4
	Austria	2,298,880	260.108	220,690	10,416.8
	Croatia	2,298,320	548.251	255,890	8,981.7
	Congo-Kinshasa	2,138,962	26.297	2,762,719	774.2
	Moldova	2,129,889	599.817	492,405	4,325.5
	Mozambique	2,085,000	72.241	2,619,612	795.9
	Zambia	2,004,389	118.689	841,693	2,381.4
	Myanmar	1,985,765	36.867	515,714	3,850.5
	Venezuela	1,940,504	60.968	500,218	3,879.3
	Guatemala	1,870,000	108.079	864,098	2,164.1
	Burkina Faso	1,710,898	84.513	1,014,907	1,685.8
	Peru	1,579,796	50.574	455,501	3,468.3
	Benin	1,500,000	132.016	1,000,000	1,500
	Ecuador	1,479,770	86.706	322,846	4,583.5
	Slovakia	1,444,810	265.438	197,240	7,325.1
	Cambodia	1,410,286	87.759	270,701	5,209.8
	Iran	1,400,000	17.124	204,305	6,852.5
	Colombia	1,394,863	27.937	372,778	3,741.8
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,235,596	326.496	191,840	6,440.8
	Greece	1,233,620	114.561	115,500	10,680.7
	Côte d’Ivoire	1,100,000	44.166	543,706	2,023.2
	Belarus	1,093,369	115.356	190,159	5,749.8
	Bolivia	987,503	87.333	468,080	2,109.7
	Chile	973,178	55.376	80,428	12,100
	Togo	912,086	124.06	743,273	1,227.1
	Kazakhstan	895,978	49.035	156,280	5,733.2
	Guinea	871,359	73.325	602,050	1,447.3
	El Salvador	870,000	130.958	315,943	2,753.7
	Uruguay	816,000	232.745	107,000	7,626.2
	Zimbabwe	777,000	52.327	875,909	887.1
	Portugal	748,780	72.76	83,360	8,982.5
	Laos	717,000	102.999	148,000	4,844.6
	Kyrgyzstan	711,786	112.815	106,243	6,699.6
	Czech Republic	620,260	58.441	74,830	8,288.9
	Honduras	595,479	66.075	326,943	1,821.4
	Senegal	530,705	33.747	258,391	2,053.9
	Iraq	473,064	12.025	100,594	4,702.7
	Belgium	429,220	37.596	48,640	8,824.4
	Uzbekistan	421,273	12.901	43,432	9,699.6
	Rwanda	421,218	35.098	288,298	1,461.1
	Chad	414,606	27.005	328,410	1,262.5
	Nicaragua	400,146	63.669	303,547	1,318.2
	Albania	388,951	135.508	55,148	7,052.9
	Slovenia	360,360	174.35	38,880	9,268.5
	Australia	327,206	13.062	58,949	5,550.7
	Cuba	307,000	27.359	125,804	2,440.3
	Azerbaijan	283,570	28.649	32,760	8,656
	Burundi	270,813	25.354	270,755	1,000.2
	Sri Lanka	245,647	11.455	63,449	3,871.6
	Tajikistan	232,899	26.078	16,958	13,733.9
	Haiti	220,000	19.797	299,584	734.4
	Madagascar	219,220	8.347	126,258	1,736.3
	Syria	215,309	11.776	56,231	3,829
	Georgia	207,100	55.529	73,000	2,837
	New Zealand	195,955	39.982	16,700	11,733.8
	Afghanistan	184,671	5.849	94,910	1,945.7
	Taiwan	178,762	7.582	29,740	6,010.8
	Switzerland	174,627	20.561	16,015	10,904
	The Netherlands	148,300	8.596	19,010	7,801.2
	Macedonia	148,058	71.343	34,672	4,270.2
	Panama	110,000	26.45	50,810	2,164.9
	South Sudan	103,000	8.358	84,083	1,225
	Lithuania	97,970	34.98	12,770	7,671.9
	Swaziland	95,000	81.95	79,130	1,200.6
	Central African Republic	90,000	18.998	147,273	611.1
	Israel	77,801	8.734	3,350	23,224.2
	South Korea	76,000	1.472	15,000	5,066.7
	East Timor	76,000	60.25	31,803	2,389.7
	Belize	58,049	146.632	21,079	2,753.9
	Somalia	57,000	3.754	100,000	570
	Malaysia	53,773	1.647	6,533	8,231
	Dominican Republic	49,840	4.855	29,267	1,702.9
	Yemen	48,290	1.67	36,578	1,320.2
	Saudi Arabia	47,636	1.426	7,839	6,076.8
	Gabon	47,279	22.867	30,219	1,564.5
	Bhutan	46,235	63.584	13,146	3,517
	Namibia	45,000	18.644	35,000	1,285.7
	Denmark	40,820	7.05	5,400	7,559.3
	Morocco	40,491	1.164	63,292	639.7
	Turkmenistan	40,000	6.836	33,615	1,189.9
	Sierra Leone	38,685	5.011	11,726	3,299.1
	Niger	37,900	1.766	24,297	1,559.9
	Lesotho	35,000	15.466	50,202	697.2
	Sudan	25,000	0.613	24,360	1,026.3
	Jordan	20,936	2.046	694	30,167.1
	Eritrea	20,000	3.855	20,000	1,000
	Gambia	17,000	8.287	35,000	485.7
	Mauritania	16,000	4.016	23,372	684.6
	Kuwait	15,121	3.577	660	22,910.6
	Congo-Brazzaville	14,000	2.593	14,000	1,000
	Papua New Guinea	13,862	1.62	2,387	5,807.3
	Sweden	11,300	1.111	1,620	6,975.3
	Oman	8,916	1.779	1,027	8,681.6
	Botswana	7,278	3.16	35,862	202.9
	Comoros	7,179	8.439	3,547	2,024
	Guinea-Bissau	7,000	4.417	7,000	1,000
	United Arab Emirates	6,708	0.703	254	26,409.4
	Algeria	6,368	0.15	1,533	4,153.9
	Costa Rica	6,241	1.247	3,460	1,803.8
	Trinidad and Tobago	5,000	3.686	3,000	1,666.7
	Armenia	4,758	1.602	1,137	4,184.7
	Guyana	4,000	5.114	2,934	1,363.3
	Libya	3,613	0.558	1,579	2,288.2
	Lebanon	3,000	0.492	1,000	3,000
	Montenegro	2,810	4.515	640	4,390.6
	Jamaica	2,058	0.754	1,828	1,125.8
	Fiji	1,400	1.582	467	2,997.9
	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,111	5.62	553	2,009
	Vanuatu	916	3.008	1,488	615.6
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	900	8.215	31	29,032.3
	United Kingdom	785	0.012	500	1,570
	The Bahamas	666	1.747	68	9,794.1
	Luxembourg	660	1.096	140	4,714.3
	Cape Verde	640	1.176	27,581	23.2
	Qatar	619	0.253	50	12,380
	Mauritius	495	0.391	69	7,173.9
	Grenada	358	3.465	358	1,000
	Dominica	191	2.679	115	1,660.9
	Maldives	165	0.436	34	4,852.9
	Japan	145	0.001	54	2,685.2
	Suriname	142	0.25	54	2,629.6
	Montserrat	138	28.163	19	7,390.5
	Federated States of Micronesia	98	0.931	65	1,507.7
	Antigua and Barbuda	80	0.927	51	1,568.6
	Barbados	42	0.147	15	2,800
	Saint Lucia	35	0.196	50	700
	Djibouti	21	0.02	10	2,100
	Ireland	0	0	0	N/A
	Malta	0	0	0	N/A
	Latvia	0	0	0	N/A
	Nauru	0	0	0	N/A
	Estonia	0	0	0	N/A