Green Corn Consumption by Country

Nigeria reported 727,614 tonnes of green corn food supply in 2023, 16.2 percent of the listed total. Mexico came second at 687,507 tonnes and Indonesia third at 511,218. Per person, Papua New Guinea led at 56.35 grams a day. Indonesia added 54,970 tonnes in the latest year, while China returned from zero. All figures count food available for human consumption, not actual intake.

Green corn is a two-horse race: Nigeria leads 2023 with 16.2 percent, just ahead of Mexico at 687,507 tonnes. The listed total of 4,485,696 tonnes rose 2.8 percent in the latest year. Papua New Guinea leads per person and China returned from zero.

Separated by Forty Thousand

Nigeria led at 727,614 tonnes, 1.06 times Mexico. Indonesia sat third at 511,218 tonnes, ahead of the United States at 473,205 and South Africa at 371,494. The top three held 42.9 percent of the 4,485,696-tonne total, and the top five 61.8 percent. Peru, Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Ivory Coast and Chile closed the top ten between 112,562 and 298,216 tonnes. Of 90 countries in the file, 80 carried a 2023 value.

Indonesia Adds Most, China Returns

Across the 77 countries in both 2022 and 2023, supply grew 2.8 percent, from 4,363,857 tonnes, a gain of 121,831. Indonesia added 54,970 tonnes, up 12.0 percent. China added 53,632 tonnes from a zero base. Peru shed 26,241 tonnes, down 8.1 percent. Australia shed 20,572 tonnes, down 21.6 percent. Mexico added 17,267 tonnes, while the United States added 9,737 tonnes and Hungary 9,274 tonnes. One country left the table, against three arrivals.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Nigeria NG	727.61K	8.75
2	Mexico MX	687.51K	14.52
3	Indonesia ID	511.22K	4.98
4	United States US	473.21K	3.77
5	South Africa ZA	371.49K	16.1
6	Peru PE	298.22K	24.14
7	Guinea GN	275.73K	52.44
8	Papua New Guinea PG	213.69K	56.35
9	Ivory Coast CI	169.95K	14.94
10	Chile CL	112.56K	15.69
11	United Kingdom GB	108.59K	4.33
12	Australia AU	74.77K	7.74
13	France FR	63.62K	2.62
14	Canada CA	62.5K	4.36
15	China CN	53.63K	0.1
16	Tanzania TZ	48.13K	1.98
17	Hungary HU	42.57K	12.04
18	El Salvador SV	37.44K	16.26
19	Bolivia BO	25.85K	5.78
20	Liberia LR	22.74K	11.34
21	Jordan JO	21.77K	5.21
22	Ukraine UA	19.14K	1.39
23	Croatia HR	14.9K	10.48
24	Panama PA	11.91K	7.32
25	Romania RO	7.71K	1.11
26	Slovakia SK	6.21K	3.08
27	Thailand TH	5.94K	0.23
28	New Zealand NZ	3.51K	1.86
29	Netherlands NL	2.06K	0.31
30	Mauritius MU	1.43K	3.07
31	Qatar QA	1.01K	0.93
32	Serbia RS	934.05	0.38
33	Ireland IE	906.26	0.48
34	Uruguay UY	877.98	0.71
35	Austria AT	872.93	0.26
36	Kazakhstan KZ	799.11	0.11
37	Trinidad and Tobago TT	731.93	1.33
38	Zimbabwe ZW	718.75	0.12
39	Switzerland CH	634.5	0.2
40	Barbados BB	513.68	4.98
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	482.59	0.42
42	Norway NO	364.97	0.18
43	Italy IT	213.45	0.01
44	Jamaica JM	192.84	0.19
45	French Polynesia PF	119.19	1.16
46	Estonia EE	116.17	0.23
47	Sweden SE	95.75	0.02
48	Latvia LV	92.86	0.14
49	North Macedonia MK	87.2	0.13
50	Grenada GD	70.6	1.65
51	Slovenia SI	63.05	0.08
52	Armenia AM	48.38	0.05
53	Nicaragua NI	34.53	0.01
54	Lithuania LT	33.15	0.03
55	Samoa WS	27.85	0.35
56	Antigua and Barbuda AG	25	0.73
57	Moldova MD	15.71	0.02
58	Albania AL	6.76	0.01
59	Angola AO	5.68	0
60	Cyprus CY	3.85	0.01
61	Marshall Islands MH	2.16	0.15
62	South Korea KR	1.28	0
63	Saint Lucia LC	0.9	0.01
64	Nauru NR	0.46	0.11
65	Belarus BY	0.26	0
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0.23	0.01
67	Guinea-Bissau GW	0.02	0
68	Algeria DZ	0	0
69	Belize BZ	0	0
70	Cameroon CM	0	0
71	Congo CG	0	0
72	DR Congo CD	0	0
73	Gabon GA	0	0
74	Iraq IQ	0	0
75	Kyrgyzstan KG	0	0
76	Niger NE	0	0
77	Oman OM	0	0
78	Russia RU	0	0
79	Saudi Arabia SA	0	0
80	Taiwan TW	0	0

Five Years Net Almost Zero

Among the 68 countries in both 2019 and 2023, supply edged up 0.2 percent, from 4,475,137 tonnes, a gain of 10,520. Mexico added 105,522 tonnes, up 18.1 percent, ten times the net rise. The United States shed 87,328 tonnes, down 15.6 percent. Indonesia shed 55,645 tonnes. Australia shed 44,857 tonnes, down 37.5 percent. Nigeria added 31,221 tonnes overall. The United Kingdom added 19,506 tonnes, up 21.9 percent. Nine countries left over the period, against twelve arrivals.

South Africa Holds Fifth

South Africa sat fifth at 371,494 tonnes, adding 28,935 over five years, up 8.4 percent. Peru, sixth at 298,216 tonnes, shed 26,241 in the latest year and added 22,030 from 276,186 over five. Per person, Peru sat third at 24.14 grams. Guinea, seventh at 275,729 tonnes, sat second per person at 52.44 grams.

Papua New Guinea Holds Eighth

Papua New Guinea sat eighth at 213,693 tonnes and led per person at 56.35 grams, the only country atop one table and near the top of the other. Ivory Coast, ninth at 169,946 tonnes, sat at 14.94 grams per person. Chile closed the top ten at 112,562 tonnes, sitting at 15.69 grams per person. Australia shed 20,572 tonnes in the latest year, down 21.6 percent.

Papua New Guinea Leads Per Person

Papua New Guinea's 56.35 grams a day topped the per-person table, ahead of Guinea at 52.44 and Peru at 24.14. El Salvador followed at 16.26, South Africa at 16.10, Ivory Coast at 14.94 and Mexico at 14.52. Hungary ranked eighth at 12.04 grams, while Liberia closed the top ten at 11.34.

Green Corn Supply at a Glance

In 2023, Nigeria had the largest listed green corn food supply at 727,614 tonnes, followed by Mexico at 687,507 tonnes and Indonesia at 511,218 tonnes. Papua New Guinea had the highest food supply per person at 56.35 grams per day. Across the 77 countries with values in both 2022 and 2023, supply increased by 121,831 tonnes, or 2.8 percent. Across the 68 countries with values in both 2019 and 2023, the net increase was only 10,520 tonnes, or 0.2 percent.

These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than the amount actually eaten.

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	Nigeria	696.39K	9.11	709.35K	9.08	721.1K	9.04	722.19K	8.87	727.61K	8.75
2	Mexico	581.99K	12.68	606.55K	13.11	634.6K	13.62	670.24K	14.28	687.51K	14.52
3	Indonesia	566.86K	5.7	781.41K	7.79	536K	5.31	456.25K	4.48	511.22K	4.98
4	United States	560.53K	4.55	440.29K	3.55	441.33K	3.55	463.47K	3.72	473.21K	3.77
5	South Africa	342.56K	15.75	357.42K	16.17	359.64K	16.02	367.24K	16.13	371.49K	16.1
6	Peru	276.19K	23.32	274.26K	22.88	308.09K	25.46	324.46K	26.55	298.22K	24.14
7	Guinea	273.2K	57.42	274.47K	56.24	274.87K	54.93	275.27K	53.66	275.73K	52.44
8	Papua New Guinea	208.61K	59.48	209.14K	58.38	211.18K	57.78	212.44K	57.04	213.69K	56.35
9	Ivory Coast	177.44K	17.24	172.18K	16.31	175.78K	16.25	171.12K	15.42	169.95K	14.94
10	Chile	116.12K	16.57	115.95K	16.4	124.98K	17.6	119.06K	16.68	112.56K	15.69
11	United Kingdom	89.08K	3.64	94.21K	3.83	98.99K	4.01	101.57K	4.08	108.59K	4.33
12	Australia	119.63K	12.86	71.57K	7.62	112.49K	11.87	95.34K	9.97	74.77K	7.74
13	France	78.88K	3.29	62.87K	2.61	72.54K	3.01	65.37K	2.7	63.62K	2.62
14	Canada	63.54K	4.61	66.69K	4.79	65.53K	4.67	65.86K	4.65	62.5K	4.36
15	China	53.24K	0.1	42.01K	0.08	53.7K	0.1	0	0	53.63K	0.1
16	Tanzania	46.68K	2.16	46.86K	2.11	48.63K	2.12	48.42K	2.05	48.13K	1.98
17	Hungary	40.92K	11.47	40.96K	11.51	41.06K	11.59	33.29K	9.42	42.57K	12.04
18	El Salvador	50.25K	22.13	43.72K	19.21	46.83K	20.51	32.35K	14.11	37.44K	16.26
19	Bolivia	25.53K	5.99	25.58K	5.93	25.92K	5.95	25.63K	5.81	25.85K	5.78
20	Liberia	21.73K	11.8	22.26K	11.84	22.62K	11.78	22.65K	11.55	22.74K	11.34
21	Jordan	18.17K	4.67	17.45K	4.4	20.62K	5.11	21.73K	5.29	21.77K	5.21
22	Ukraine	15.36K	0.94	16.05K	0.98	16.56K	1.02	12.48K	0.83	19.14K	1.39
23	Croatia	20K	13.75	24.23K	16.79	17.05K	11.9	14.9K	10.45	14.9K	10.48
24	Panama	440.16	0.28	18.13K	11.57	10.29K	6.48	11.1K	6.91	11.91K	7.32
25	Romania	3.64K	0.51	6.85K	0.97	5.63K	0.8	3.8K	0.54	7.71K	1.11
26	Slovakia	4.21K	2.12	0	0	5.91K	2.98	5.83K	2.92	6.21K	3.08
27	Thailand	5.98K	0.23	6.31K	0.24	6.35K	0.24	5.95K	0.23	5.94K	0.23
28	New Zealand	6.51K	3.58	5.02K	2.71	4.1K	2.2	3.69K	1.97	3.51K	1.86
29	Netherlands	52.61	0.01	356.75	0.06	0	0	1.05K	0.16	2.06K	0.31
30	Mauritius	459.9	0.98	746.61	1.59	1.06K	2.27	781.37	1.68	1.43K	3.07
31	Qatar	968.11	0.95	971.39	0.95	993.5	0.97	1.02K	0.96	1.01K	0.93
32	Serbia	902.04	0.35	993.36	0.39	843.25	0.34	898.66	0.36	934.05	0.38
33	Ireland	814.35	0.45	935.76	0.51	951.5	0.52	753.29	0.4	906.26	0.48
34	Uruguay	867.8	0.7	902.25	0.73	888.57	0.72	849.26	0.69	877.98	0.71
35	Austria	1.52K	0.47	1.49K	0.46	1.31K	0.4	387.3	0.12	872.93	0.26
36	Kazakhstan	768.75	0.11	794.47	0.11	803.34	0.11	793.66	0.11	799.11	0.11
37	Trinidad and Tobago	1.21K	2.23	1.37K	2.54	485.58	0.89	755.72	1.38	731.93	1.33
38	Zimbabwe	687.53	0.12	693.96	0.12	710.41	0.12	714.56	0.12	718.75	0.12
39	Switzerland	448.43	0.14	426.29	0.14	440.11	0.14	505.16	0.16	634.5	0.2
40	Barbados	544.54	5.31	546.78	5.32	568.55	5.52	529.48	5.14	513.68	4.98
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina	481.1	0.39	482.9	0.4	483.94	0.41	482.93	0.41	482.59	0.42
42	Norway	209.83	0.11	382.87	0.19	428.52	0.22	326	0.16	364.97	0.18
43	Italy	454.91	0.02	805.92	0.04	339.65	0.02	528.62	0.02	213.45	0.01
44	Jamaica	171.21	0.17	231.33	0.22	171.18	0.17	219.57	0.21	192.84	0.19
45	French Polynesia	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	19	0.19	119.19	1.16
46	Estonia	68.15	0.14	108.37	0.22	104.19	0.21	121.45	0.25	116.17	0.23
47	Sweden	148.17	0.04	134.19	0.04	184.52	0.05	103.59	0.03	95.75	0.02
48	Latvia	65.94	0.09	122.57	0.18	184.8	0.27	577.88	0.84	92.86	0.14
49	North Macedonia	87.55	0.13	87.13	0.13	87.19	0.13	87.29	0.13	87.2	0.13
50	Grenada	6.25	0.15	0	0	-	-	160.8	3.77	70.6	1.65
51	Slovenia	77.51	0.1	389.16	0.51	96.35	0.12	84.32	0.11	63.05	0.08
52	Armenia	1.35	0	0	0	11.28	0.01	32.13	0.03	48.38	0.05
53	Nicaragua	37.83	0.02	42.34	0.02	14.13	0.01	32.22	0.01	34.53	0.01
54	Lithuania	95.14	0.09	87.06	0.09	63.44	0.06	60.66	0.06	33.15	0.03
55	Samoa	30.02	0.39	28.81	0.37	28.68	0.37	27.92	0.36	27.85	0.35
56	Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	30.58	0.91	-	-	16	0.47	25	0.73
57	Moldova	21.59	0.02	16.05	0.02	14.96	0.02	15.35	0.02	15.71	0.02
58	Albania	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	6.76	0.01
59	Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.68	0
60	Cyprus	7.09	0.02	2.17	0	1.54	0	3.58	0.01	3.85	0.01
61	Marshall Islands	150	9.34	197.91	12.7	3.57	0.24	16.39	1.12	2.16	0.15
62	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.28	0
63	Saint Lucia	85.47	1.32	54.47	0.84	0.47	0.01	11.52	0.18	0.9	0.01
64	Nauru	0.36	0.09	0.31	0.07	0.43	0.1	0.46	0.11	0.46	0.11
65	Belarus	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	0.26	0
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.23	0.01
67	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.08	0	0.02	0
68	Algeria	-	-	0	0	0	0	16.4	0	0	0
69	Belize	17.47	0.12	24.82	0.17	10.86	0.08	13.72	0.09	0	0
70	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	4.04	0	0	0	0	0
71	Congo	-	-	0.16	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
72	DR Congo	0.28	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
73	Gabon	0.84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	Iraq	0.5	0	0.27	0	0.19	0	0.02	0	0	0
75	Kyrgyzstan	0.31	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Niger	-	-	-	-	0.21	0	0.14	0	0	0
77	Oman	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.68	0	0	0
78	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	113.72	0	0	0
79	Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.68	0	0	0
80	Taiwan	0	0	0	0	459.24	0.05	39.86	0	0	0
81	Bahamas	65.14	0.45	7.41	0.05	91.79	0.63	-	-	-	-
82	Haiti	45.36	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
83	Maldives	0	0	8.17	0.04	-	-	-	-	-	-
84	Guyana	5.72	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
85	Cuba	3.8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
86	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.53	0.03	0.75	0.04	-	-	-	-	-	-
87	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	0	-	-
88	Montenegro	0.04	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
89	Afghanistan	-	-	0	0	0.01	0	-	-	-	-
90	Kuwait	75.84	0.05	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

For green corn, tonnage follows element 5141 and daily grams follow element 665 across 2019 to 2023. A change is measured from the earlier year; none is stated from a zero base. Only countries present in both compared years enter a change. A reported zero is not a blank, and blanks never stand in for zeros. The file holds 90 countries after removing World, regional and aggregate rows; 80 carry 2023 values. The numbers describe food available for human consumption. Source: FAO FAOSTAT, compiled by StatsGeo.