Maize and Products Consumption by Country

FAO Food Balances data show that Mexico had the largest listed food supply of maize and products in 2023, at 16,080 thousand tonnes, followed by China at 10,064 thousand tonnes and India at 9,380 thousand tonnes. Malawi had the highest per-capita food supply at 128.27 kilograms per person per year. The data cover 171 reporters and include annual figures from 2019 through 2023.

Mexico had the highest listed food supply of maize and products in 2023 at 16,080 thousand tonnes, while Malawi had the highest per-capita food supply at 128.27 kilograms per person. Mexico's listed food supply was 1.60 times China's (16,080 thousand tonnes against 10,064). Mexico also ranked second on a per-capita basis, at 123.94 kilograms per person.

Key Takeaways

In 2023, Mexico had the largest listed supply of maize and products at 16,080 thousand tonnes, followed by China at 10,064 thousand tonnes. India ranked third with 9,380 thousand tonnes. On a per-capita basis, Malawi recorded the highest food supply at 128.27 kilograms per person, followed by Mexico at 123.94 kilograms.

Across the 170 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, listed maize and products supply increased by 5,145 thousand tonnes, or 3.9 percent. India contributed 2,453 thousand tonnes of that increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of maize actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	Mexico MX	16.08K	123.94
2	China CN	10.06K	7.07
3	India IN	9.38K	6.52
4	Egypt EG	7.07K	61.7
5	Nigeria NG	6.98K	30.63
6	Ethiopia ET	6.6K	51.29
7	Brazil BR	6.18K	29.24
8	Tanzania TZ	5.36K	80.43
9	South Africa ZA	5.06K	79.97
10	Philippines PH	3.81K	33.12
11	United States US	3.71K	10.79
12	Uganda UG	3.63K	74.61
13	Kenya KE	3.37K	60.97
14	Malawi MW	2.71K	128.27
15	Colombia CO	2.68K	51.15
16	Zambia ZM	2.11K	101.83
17	Mozambique MZ	2.03K	60.31
18	Venezuela VE	2.02K	71.41
19	DR Congo CD	2.01K	19.02
20	Angola AO	1.69K	45.84
21	Morocco MA	1.62K	42.87
22	Vietnam VN	1.62K	16.12
23	Pakistan PK	1.59K	6.43
24	Guatemala GT	1.5K	82.65
25	Türkiye TR	1.43K	16.38
26	Burkina Faso BF	1.42K	61.61
27	Cameroon CM	1.25K	44.13
28	Nepal NP	1.24K	41.63
29	Zimbabwe ZW	1.11K	67.66
30	Ghana GH	1.04K	30.89
31	South Korea KR	982	18.97
32	Saudi Arabia SA	944	28.37
33	Canada CA	890	22.66
34	Honduras HN	835	78.49
35	Yemen YE	831	21.09
36	France FR	756	11.38
37	Thailand TH	726	10.12
38	Algeria DZ	661	14.31
39	Paraguay PY	610	89.17
40	Ivory Coast CI	578	18.56
41	Romania RO	563	29.47
42	Peru PE	537	15.87
43	El Salvador SV	527	83.5
44	Ukraine UA	490	12.98
45	Argentina AR	477	10.47
46	Rwanda RW	459	32.92
47	Senegal SN	457	25.28
48	Nicaragua NI	427	62.52
49	Germany DE	420	4.97
50	Bolivia BO	381	31.11
51	Uzbekistan UZ	350	9.8
52	Ecuador EC	328	18.22
53	Afghanistan AF	316	7.61
54	United Kingdom GB	310	4.51
55	Indonesia ID	234	0.83
56	Madagascar MG	231	7.4
57	Haiti HT	230	19.77
58	Malaysia MY	229	6.51
59	Lesotho LS	217	93.99
60	Bulgaria BG	204	30.08
61	Kyrgyzstan KG	201	28.36
62	Botswana BW	199	80.22
63	Taiwan TW	195	8.37
64	Namibia NA	187	63.11
65	Italy IT	183	3.08
66	Portugal PT	179	17.19
67	Chile CL	178	9.07
68	Myanmar MM	165	3.04
69	Guinea GN	161	11.2
70	Iran IR	155	1.71
71	Russia RU	154	1.06
72	Syria SY	152	6.43
73	Panama PA	142	31.95
74	Australia AU	135	5.12
75	Bangladesh BD	133	0.78
76	Azerbaijan AZ	128	12.4
77	Sri Lanka LK	125	5.42
78	Israel IL	115	12.39
79	Spain ES	104	2.17
80	Oman OM	100	19.9
81	Austria AT	98	10.78
82	Eswatini SZ	95	77.02
83	Uruguay UY	94	27.82
84	Costa Rica CR	82	16.02
85	Georgia GE	73	19.29
86	Timor-Leste TL	73	52.63
87	Iraq IQ	67	1.74
88	Slovenia SI	67	31.71
89	Bhutan BT	63	80.09
90	Netherlands NL	59	3.24
91	Ireland IE	54	10.33
92	Serbia RS	53	7.86
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	46	14.36
94	Congo CG	44	7.11
95	Gabon GA	41	16.47
96	Denmark DK	40	6.72
97	Niger NE	40	1.55
98	Jamaica JM	36	12.59
99	Laos LA	36	4.7
100	Moldova MD	36	13.86
101	Trinidad and Tobago TT	32	21.04
102	Cape Verde CV	29	55.1
103	Latvia LV	29	15.42
104	Mauritania MR	29	5.85
105	Kazakhstan KZ	27	1.31
106	Dominican Republic DO	26	2.34
107	Hong Kong HK	26	3.45
108	Gambia GM	24	8.92
109	Belize BZ	21	50.61
110	Jordan JO	21	1.82
111	North Macedonia MK	21	11.57
112	Guinea-Bissau GW	19	9
113	Kuwait KW	19	3.84
114	Sierra Leone SL	18	2.14
115	Estonia EE	17	12.69
116	Greece GR	17	1.65
117	New Zealand NZ	17	3.23
118	Libya LY	16	2.25
119	Sweden SE	16	1.49
120	Comoros KM	15	17.26
121	Armenia AM	14	4.9
122	Belgium BE	14	1.19
123	Cambodia KH	14	0.79
124	Lebanon LB	14	2.41
125	Papua New Guinea PG	14	1.37
126	Cyprus CY	13	9.99
127	Lithuania LT	12	4.22
128	Qatar QA	12	3.99
129	Bahrain BH	11	7.22
130	United Arab Emirates AE	10	0.95
131	Albania AL	8	3
132	Croatia HR	8	2.11
133	Malta MT	8	15.87
134	Switzerland CH	8	0.93
135	Tajikistan TJ	8	0.77
136	Mauritius MU	5	3.64
137	Barbados BB	4	15.02
138	Fiji FJ	3	3.56
139	Saint Lucia LC	3	14.74
140	Bahamas BS	2	4.34
141	Belarus BY	2	0.18
142	Montenegro ME	2	2.76
143	Seychelles SC	2	16.96
144	Djibouti DJ	1	0.91
145	Guyana GY	1	1.75
146	Liberia LR	1	0.18
147	Maldives MV	1	1.35
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	1	7.86
149	Sao Tome and Principe ST	1	5.7
150	Suriname SR	1	1.45
151	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	2.73
152	French Polynesia PF	0	0
153	Grenada GD	0	1.86
154	Hungary HU	0	0
155	Iceland IS	0	0
156	Kiribati KI	0	0.05
157	Luxembourg LU	0	0.23
158	Macau MO	0	0.67
159	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.12
160	Micronesia FM	0	0.02
161	Mongolia MN	0	0.1
162	Nauru NR	0	0.03
163	New Caledonia NC	0	0.49
164	Norway NO	0	0
165	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	1.67
166	Samoa WS	0	0.56
167	Slovakia SK	0	0
168	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.03
169	Tonga TO	0	0.11
170	Tunisia TN	0	0.01
171	Turkmenistan TM	0	0.04
172	Tuvalu TV	0	0
173	Vanuatu VU	0	0.11

Maize and Products Consumption by Country in 2023

Mexico had the largest listed food supply of maize and products in the 2023 data with 16,080 thousand tonnes (11.8 percent of the listed total), followed by China with 10,064 thousand tonnes (7.4 percent) and India with 9,380 thousand tonnes (6.9 percent). Egypt ranked fourth with 7,067 thousand tonnes and Nigeria fifth with 6,980 thousand tonnes.

The top three reporters hold 26.0 percent of the listed 2023 total, the top five 36.3 percent and the top ten 56.1 percent of the 136,448-thousand-tonne total, a diffuse distribution for a major staple food.

India Adds 2,453 Thousand Tonnes Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 170 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 131,303 thousand tonnes to 136,448 thousand tonnes, a gain of 5,145 thousand tonnes (3.9 percent). India added 2,453 thousand tonnes (up 35.4 percent), accounting for 47.7 percent of the increase, rebounding from 6,927 thousand tonnes in 2022. Mexico added 571 thousand tonnes (up 3.7 percent), followed by Tanzania with 543 thousand tonnes (up 11.3 percent), China with 477 thousand tonnes (up 5.0 percent), Kenya with 322 thousand tonnes (up 10.6 percent), Pakistan with 225 thousand tonnes (up 16.5 percent) and Egypt with 218 thousand tonnes (up 3.2 percent), while Malaysia fell 197 thousand tonnes (down 46.2 percent).

Maize Consumption Increased 1.3 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2019

For the 170 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 134,736 thousand tonnes to 136,448 thousand tonnes, a gain of 1,712 thousand tonnes (1.3 percent). The annual listed totals across all reporters were 134,749 thousand tonnes in 2019 and 136,448 thousand tonnes in 2023; Cuba reported 13 thousand tonnes in 2019 and nothing in 2023. Indonesia recorded the largest absolute decline, falling from 6,852 thousand tonnes in 2019 to 263 thousand tonnes in 2020 and 234 thousand tonnes in 2023, a decrease of 6,618 thousand tonnes (96.6 percent).

Tanzania added 1,846 thousand tonnes (up 52.6 percent), accounting for 107.8 percent of the increase, followed by Uganda with 1,619 thousand tonnes (up 80.5 percent), China with 1,175 thousand tonnes (up 13.2 percent), Egypt with 1,090 thousand tonnes (up 18.2 percent), Mexico with 633 thousand tonnes (up 4.1 percent) and Mozambique with 607 thousand tonnes (up 42.7 percent), while India fell 1,049 thousand tonnes (down 10.1 percent).

Increases in Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique offset the Indonesian decline: together, the three countries added 4,072 thousand tonnes, more than twice the net gain. Mexico ranked first by total quantity and second per capita, at 123.94 kilograms per person.

In 2023, Mexico had the largest listed food supply of maize and products at 16,080 thousand tonnes, while Malawi had the highest per-capita food supply at 128.27 kilograms per person per year. China and India followed Mexico by total quantity, with 10,064 and 9,380 thousand tonnes respectively. The figures come from FAO Food Balances and represent food available for human consumption rather than the amount actually eaten.

What Does Maize and Products Consumption Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the maize and products figure used here is the amount recorded under the Food element. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year, rather than a direct estimate of how much maize people actually ate. The item includes maize and products derived from it, while other commodities and processed products are recorded according to their respective FAO items.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	Mexico	15.45K	122.83	15.62K	123.18	15.54K	121.75	15.51K	120.58	16.08K	123.94
2	China	8.89K	6.24	11.47K	8.04	9.59K	6.72	9.59K	6.73	10.06K	7.07
3	India	10.43K	7.51	7.11K	5.07	6.85K	4.85	6.93K	4.86	9.38K	6.52
4	Egypt	5.98K	55.57	6.1K	55.81	6.56K	59.09	6.85K	60.82	7.07K	61.7
5	Nigeria	6.94K	33.14	7.12K	33.27	6.83K	31.25	6.89K	30.88	6.98K	30.63
6	Ethiopia	6K	51.85	6.23K	52.43	6.3K	51.59	6.42K	51.23	6.6K	51.29
7	Brazil	5.86K	28.26	5.93K	28.42	6.4K	30.53	6.09K	28.95	6.18K	29.24
8	Tanzania	3.51K	59.35	4.07K	66.78	4.4K	70	4.82K	74.41	5.36K	80.43
9	South Africa	4.88K	81.95	4.76K	78.54	4.49K	72.93	4.86K	77.89	5.06K	79.97
10	Philippines	3.54K	31.91	4.19K	37.34	3.53K	31.25	3.72K	32.65	3.81K	33.12
11	United States	4.08K	12.06	4.07K	11.99	4.2K	12.34	3.71K	10.86	3.71K	10.79
12	Uganda	2.01K	46.77	2.6K	58.54	2.76K	60.1	3.78K	79.92	3.63K	74.61
13	Kenya	3.84K	74.93	3.53K	67.66	3.25K	61.11	3.05K	56.25	3.37K	60.97
14	Malawi	2.74K	143.82	2.7K	138.11	2.82K	140.51	2.72K	132.43	2.71K	128.27
15	Colombia	2.09K	41.8	2.19K	43.15	2.36K	46.18	2.62K	50.58	2.68K	51.15
16	Zambia	1.97K	106.3	1.84K	96.7	1.92K	98.03	1.98K	98.08	2.11K	101.83
17	Mozambique	1.42K	47.56	1.7K	55.09	1.8K	56.74	2.17K	66.4	2.03K	60.31
18	Venezuela	1.51K	52.02	1.44K	50.53	2.13K	75.43	2.05K	72.75	2.02K	71.41
19	DR Congo	1.81K	19.42	2.02K	21.04	1.84K	18.54	1.92K	18.75	2.01K	19.02
20	Angola	1.46K	45.04	1.47K	43.91	1.55K	44.85	1.67K	46.95	1.69K	45.84
21	Morocco	1.67K	46.13	1.74K	47.42	1.62K	43.71	1.56K	41.66	1.62K	42.87
22	Vietnam	1.8K	18.51	1.83K	18.7	1.6K	16.13	1.54K	15.47	1.62K	16.12
23	Pakistan	1.12K	4.83	1.34K	5.7	1.74K	7.27	1.37K	5.61	1.59K	6.43
24	Guatemala	1.58K	92.45	1.54K	88.41	1.48K	84.02	1.48K	82.94	1.5K	82.65
25	Türkiye	1.47K	17.22	1.42K	16.54	1.55K	17.82	1.53K	17.6	1.43K	16.38
26	Burkina Faso	1.13K	53.96	1.18K	54.97	1.46K	66.27	1.33K	59.07	1.42K	61.61
27	Cameroon	1.24K	48.47	1.24K	47.37	1.29K	47.89	1.23K	44.45	1.25K	44.13
28	Nepal	1.13K	39.92	1.12K	38.77	1.18K	40.05	1.24K	41.63	1.24K	41.63
29	Zimbabwe	1.3K	85.02	1.38K	89.01	1.26K	79.55	1.16K	71.85	1.11K	67.66
30	Ghana	775	24.78	961	30.14	1.04K	32.03	997	30.08	1.04K	30.89
31	South Korea	766	14.8	884	17.05	835	16.1	890	17.19	982	18.97
32	Saudi Arabia	988	32.42	935	30.17	864	27.59	1.1K	34.12	944	28.37
33	Canada	719	19.02	758	19.86	900	23.4	814	20.98	890	22.66
34	Honduras	769	77.35	819	80.96	839	81.57	843	80.53	835	78.49
35	Yemen	619	17.62	640	17.72	632	17.01	747	19.54	831	21.09
36	France	748	11.38	753	11.43	809	12.24	745	11.24	756	11.38
37	Thailand	659	9.21	731	10.21	746	10.4	720	10.04	726	10.12
38	Algeria	693	16.01	796	18.06	681	15.22	685	15.06	661	14.31
39	Paraguay	550	84.37	580	87.83	603	90.26	614	90.83	610	89.17
40	Ivory Coast	457	16.23	594	20.55	598	20.18	720	23.69	578	18.56
41	Romania	648	33.24	607	31.32	576	29.9	571	29.78	563	29.47
42	Peru	523	16.11	553	16.85	544	16.4	541	16.15	537	15.87
43	El Salvador	533	85.67	519	83.29	510	81.47	520	82.76	527	83.5
44	Ukraine	957	21.29	949	21.25	1.32K	29.77	607	14.78	490	12.98
45	Argentina	538	11.96	524	11.59	544	12.01	547	12.06	477	10.47
46	Rwanda	373	29.19	437	33.43	397	29.76	455	33.33	459	32.92
47	Senegal	384	23.45	392	23.32	411	23.88	423	23.95	457	25.28
48	Nicaragua	421	64.94	398	60.64	415	62.4	421	62.55	427	62.52
49	Germany	572	6.85	676	8.08	388	4.64	438	5.2	420	4.97
50	Bolivia	369	31.63	323	27.3	374	31.32	349	28.89	381	31.11
51	Uzbekistan	223	6.75	231	6.88	277	8.09	321	9.2	350	9.8
52	Ecuador	794	45.8	816	46.49	328	18.53	371	20.84	328	18.22
53	Afghanistan	134	3.55	104	2.66	208	5.21	228	5.63	316	7.61
54	United Kingdom	470	7.01	341	5.06	405	5.98	416	6.11	310	4.51
55	Indonesia	6.85K	25.15	263	0.96	238	0.86	227	0.82	234	0.83
56	Madagascar	202	7.17	204	7.05	196	6.61	237	7.78	231	7.4
57	Haiti	272	24.46	180	16.05	248	21.83	238	20.68	230	19.77
58	Malaysia	426	12.74	458	13.53	463	13.5	426	12.28	229	6.51
59	Lesotho	231	104.55	207	92.52	213	94.18	208	90.88	217	93.99
60	Bulgaria	154	22.12	124	17.95	149	21.72	234	34.26	204	30.08
61	Kyrgyzstan	191	29.4	187	28.07	183	26.89	178	25.61	201	28.36
62	Botswana	215	92.27	203	85.64	204	84.79	193	79.21	199	80.22
63	Taiwan	208	8.79	202	8.52	197	8.38	178	7.62	195	8.37
64	Namibia	130	48.88	119	43.49	114	40.6	161	55.62	187	63.11
65	Italy	203	3.37	192	3.2	173	2.89	181	3.03	183	3.08
66	Portugal	188	18.17	181	17.41	194	18.7	187	17.98	179	17.19
67	Chile	268	13.96	197	10.17	171	8.78	168	8.58	178	9.07
68	Myanmar	163	3.1	150	2.83	140	2.63	125	2.33	165	3.04
69	Guinea	149	11.4	138	10.29	135	9.86	140	9.96	161	11.2
70	Iran	257	2.95	298	3.4	254	2.87	259	2.89	155	1.71
71	Russia	98	0.67	150	1.02	107	0.73	142	0.97	154	1.06
72	Syria	124	6.12	112	5.32	125	5.78	154	6.84	152	6.43
73	Panama	127	29.98	150	34.86	129	29.8	143	32.45	142	31.95
74	Australia	93	3.66	96	3.72	94	3.62	127	4.85	135	5.12
75	Bangladesh	122	0.74	124	0.75	124	0.74	154	0.91	133	0.78
76	Azerbaijan	124	12.25	122	11.99	112	10.91	110	10.68	128	12.4
77	Sri Lanka	220	9.8	207	9.19	104	4.57	95	4.18	125	5.42
78	Israel	126	14.56	147	16.71	114	12.78	122	13.39	115	12.39
79	Spain	103	2.17	99	2.07	100	2.09	117	2.46	104	2.17
80	Oman	87	18.84	107	23.57	84	18.58	91	19.19	100	19.9
81	Austria	99	11.11	109	12.23	113	12.63	103	11.34	98	10.78
82	Eswatini	86	73.24	90	75.11	91	75.59	91	75.01	95	77.02
83	Uruguay	126	37.07	131	38.64	107	31.42	101	29.81	94	27.82
84	Costa Rica	74	14.74	80	15.83	81	16.09	78	15.34	82	16.02
85	Georgia	71	18.6	76	20.07	79	20.94	95	25.03	73	19.29
86	Timor-Leste	73	56.13	72	54.31	61	45.22	63	46.06	73	52.63
87	Iraq	23	0.66	21	0.57	68	1.85	67	1.77	67	1.74
88	Slovenia	57	27.34	73	34.72	66	31.3	63	29.93	67	31.71
89	Bhutan	38	49.77	38	49.43	39	50.5	40	51.2	63	80.09
90	Netherlands	58	3.33	57	3.25	54	3.05	55	3.07	59	3.24
91	Ireland	64	12.98	52	10.52	54	10.69	49	9.51	54	10.33
92	Serbia	127	18.16	109	15.73	117	17.18	69	10.11	53	7.86
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70	20.94	68	20.49	54	16.64	47	14.67	46	14.36
94	Congo	20	3.62	27	4.66	18	3.14	25	4.15	44	7.11
95	Gabon	36	15.87	37	15.76	35	14.94	37	15.33	41	16.47
96	Denmark	44	7.49	46	7.92	28	4.82	48	8.05	40	6.72
97	Niger	79	3.44	66	2.78	60	2.44	40	1.56	40	1.55
98	Jamaica	33	11.66	32	11.37	36	12.77	38	13.24	36	12.59
99	Laos	83	11.48	60	8.1	57	7.7	55	7.27	36	4.7
100	Moldova	36	13.73	38	14.62	37	14.76	19	7.43	36	13.86
101	Trinidad and Tobago	33	22.22	32	21.57	32	21.4	34	22.75	32	21.04
102	Cape Verde	34	65.51	34	66.59	32	61.96	32	61.15	29	55.1
103	Latvia	2	1.06	2	1.01	2	1.06	21	11.41	29	15.42
104	Mauritania	30	6.77	25	5.54	29	6.18	42	8.58	29	5.85
105	Kazakhstan	14	0.74	28	1.43	23	1.15	23	1.17	27	1.31
106	Dominican Republic	28	2.56	14	1.25	20	1.84	21	1.85	26	2.34
107	Hong Kong	34	4.6	35	4.65	35	4.62	33	4.4	26	3.45
108	Gambia	19	7.55	17	6.66	27	10.49	19	7.22	24	8.92
109	Belize	15	39.94	16	40.05	16	41.09	21	53.07	21	50.61
110	Jordan	15	1.36	16	1.5	12	1.12	19	1.66	21	1.82
111	North Macedonia	14	7.13	17	9.22	23	12.27	22	12	21	11.57
112	Guinea-Bissau	9	4.55	12	6.03	15	7.24	18	8.7	19	9
113	Kuwait	14	3.1	14	3.2	18	4.14	22	4.76	19	3.84
114	Sierra Leone	27	3.55	20	2.47	16	2.01	17	2.05	18	2.14
115	Estonia	13	9.8	13	9.88	13	9.55	14	10.08	17	12.69
116	Greece	18	1.64	16	1.52	19	1.77	18	1.74	17	1.65
117	New Zealand	32	6.48	29	5.67	24	4.75	21	4	17	3.23
118	Libya	8	1.09	16	2.3	19	2.71	14	1.94	16	2.25
119	Sweden	27	2.67	18	1.69	16	1.56	21	1.97	16	1.49
120	Comoros	5	6.06	13	16.65	14	16.95	16	18.9	15	17.26
121	Armenia	12	4.27	15	5.15	25	8.62	18	6.12	14	4.9
122	Belgium	14	1.19	14	1.23	14	1.2	14	1.23	14	1.19
123	Cambodia	11	0.69	5	0.28	3	0.2	6	0.36	14	0.79
124	Lebanon	15	2.56	14	2.49	12	2.12	14	2.37	14	2.41
125	Papua New Guinea	13	1.33	13	1.32	14	1.44	15	1.46	14	1.37
126	Cyprus	14	10.88	13	10.24	11	8.73	13	9.46	13	9.99
127	Lithuania	3	1.19	9	3.25	6	2.23	24	8.48	12	4.22
128	Qatar	5	1.76	9	3.13	8	2.95	7	2.48	12	3.99
129	Bahrain	11	7.38	11	7.31	12	8.02	14	8.89	11	7.22
130	United Arab Emirates	11	1.12	22	2.3	21	2.14	24	2.31	10	0.95
131	Albania	7	2.6	6	2.15	6	2.13	8	2.98	8	3
132	Croatia	38	9.41	36	9.02	30	7.73	18	4.73	8	2.11
133	Malta	8	15.94	9	17.93	9	17.85	9	16.64	8	15.87
134	Switzerland	8	0.88	9	1.05	7	0.84	10	1.09	8	0.93
135	Tajikistan	6	0.58	6	0.65	11	1.11	8	0.75	8	0.77
136	Mauritius	4	2.93	5	3.51	3	2.64	4	3.08	5	3.64
137	Barbados	4	14.39	4	14.46	4	13.81	3	11.44	4	15.02
138	Fiji	2	2.73	2	2.5	2	2.65	3	2.96	3	3.56
139	Saint Lucia	1	5.17	1	6.04	1	7.77	2	11.19	3	14.74
140	Bahamas	3	8.23	4	9.42	3	7.61	3	6.72	2	4.34
141	Belarus	8	0.9	9	0.92	8	0.86	1	0.13	2	0.18
142	Montenegro	3	4.77	2	3.98	2	3.67	2	2.49	2	2.76
143	Seychelles	2	16.85	2	15.84	2	18.33	1	11.1	2	16.96
144	Djibouti	4	3.73	2	1.52	0	0.4	1	1.25	1	0.91
145	Guyana	1	1.67	2	2.01	1	1.62	1	1.69	1	1.75
146	Liberia	2	0.31	1	0.24	1	0.17	1	0.27	1	0.18
147	Maldives	0	0.81	0	0.99	1	1.04	1	1.37	1	1.35
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	7.03	1	7.23	1	7.33	1	7.79	1	7.86
149	Sao Tome and Principe	2	8.62	2	6.92	1	6.29	2	6.92	1	5.7
150	Suriname	1	1.94	1	1.69	1	1.61	1	1.67	1	1.45
151	Antigua and Barbuda	0	4.92	0	2.25	1	6.14	0	4.13	0	2.73
152	French Polynesia	0	0.97	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0
153	Grenada	0	1.37	0	3.76	1	7.33	0	1.97	0	1.86
154	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
155	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
156	Kiribati	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.08	0	0.02	0	0.05
157	Luxembourg	1	1.03	1	1.82	0	0.5	0	0.32	0	0.23
158	Macau	0	0.53	0	0.46	0	0.55	0	0.55	0	0.67
159	Marshall Islands	0	0.02	0	0.08	0	0.07	0	0.11	0	0.12
160	Micronesia	0	0.48	0	0.49	0	0.49	0	0.49	0	0.02
161	Mongolia	5	1.6	7	2.16	8	2.34	0	0.06	0	0.1
162	Nauru	0	0.16	0	0.12	0	0.02	0	0.09	0	0.03
163	New Caledonia	0	0.15	0	0.59	0	0.89	0	1.02	0	0.49
164	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
165	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.33	0	1.03	0	0.66	0	0.64	0	1.67
166	Samoa	0	0.55	0	0.45	1	2.84	0	0.22	0	0.56
167	Slovakia	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
168	Solomon Islands	0	0.31	0	0.24	0	0.34	0	0.04	0	0.03
169	Tonga	0	0.05	0	0.35	0	0.21	0	0.17	0	0.11
170	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
171	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.07	0	0.03	0	0.04
172	Tuvalu	0	0.06	0	0.05	0	0.03	0	0	0	0
173	Vanuatu	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.13	0	0.05	0	0.11
174	Cuba	13	1.16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Quick Answer

In 2023, Mexico had the largest listed maize and products food supply among the 170 reporters with reported values, at 16,080 thousand tonnes. China ranked second at 10,064 thousand tonnes, while India ranked third at 9,380 thousand tonnes. Malawi had the highest per-capita maize and products food supply at 128.27 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of maize actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Maize and products from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the quantity actually eaten, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer.

The reporter universe contains 171 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances are compiled from national and other official sources. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year.