Maize Consumption by Country

Egypt held 1,630,103 tonnes of listed maize food supply in 2023, 45.6 percent of a 3,577,160-tonne total. Bhutan leads per person at 108.08 grams per person per day from 31,021 tonnes, far ahead of Egypt at 38.99 grams. Both windows ended almost flat, up 1.1 percent in the single year and 1.0 percent over five years, with Venezuela's five-year gain of 161,480 tonnes nearly mirroring Ukraine's fall of 159,000. DR Congo entered at 72,891 tonnes with no 2019 value.

Egypt leads at 1,630,103 tonnes, 3.69 times Brazil at 442,256, with Thailand third at 353,838 and Peru fourth at 224,179. Per capita Bhutan leads at 108.08 grams per person per day, followed by Egypt at 38.99 and Cyprus at 21.89 grams.

Maize Food Supply at a Glance

• Egypt had the largest listed maize food supply in 2023 at 1,630,103 tonnes.
• Brazil ranked second at 442,256 tonnes, followed by Thailand at 353,838 tonnes.
• Bhutan had the highest per-capita food supply at 108.08 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 3,577,160 tonnes across 31 reporters with reported values.
• Among 27 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed maize food supply increased by 34,225 tonnes, or 1.0 percent.
• The FAO food supply quantity measure represents food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The FAO dataset lists 31 reporters with maize values, all with a reported 2023 quantity. Egypt, Brazil and Thailand together hold 67.8 percent of the listed total, while Bhutan's per-capita figure is nearly triple Egypt's.

Venezuela rose from 1,520 tonnes in 2019 to 163,000 in 2023 while Ukraine fell from 159,000 tonnes to a reported zero, two moves that nearly cancel each other out. Bolivia rose 139.5 percent in the single year but is still down 43.3 percent over five years, and DR Congo entered the longer comparison at 72,891 tonnes.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Egypt EG	1.63M	38.99
2	Brazil BR	442.26K	5.74
3	Thailand TH	353.84K	13.52
4	Peru PE	224.18K	18.15
5	Colombia CO	187.31K	9.81
6	Venezuela VE	163K	15.78
7	Bangladesh BD	132.55K	2.12
8	Malaysia MY	92.09K	7.18
9	Syria SY	92.05K	10.69
10	DR Congo CD	72.89K	1.89
11	Haiti HT	59.66K	14.05
12	Bolivia BO	54.99K	12.3
13	Bhutan BT	31.02K	108.08
14	Madagascar MG	15.2K	1.33
15	Cyprus CY	10.75K	21.89
16	Ecuador EC	8.96K	1.37
17	Iran IR	3.46K	0.1
18	Sweden SE	1.2K	0.31
19	Suriname SR	680.27	2.96
20	Fiji FJ	501.5	1.49
21	Mongolia MN	327.06	0.26
22	Sri Lanka LK	99.47	0.01
23	New Caledonia NC	48.9	0.46
24	Tonga TO	1.35	0.04
25	Solomon Islands SB	0.25	0
26	Nauru NR	0.08	0.02
27	Barbados BB	0	0
28	Germany DE	0	0
29	Jamaica JM	0	0
30	Micronesia FM	0	0
31	Ukraine UA	0	0

Egypt Holds 45.6 Percent While Bhutan Leads Per Person

The 2023 table is led by Egypt at 1,630,103 tonnes, with Brazil second at 442,256 and Thailand third at 353,838. Peru and Colombia complete the top five at 224,179 and 187,309 tonnes, respectively.

The top three reporters accounted for 67.8 percent of the listed total, the top five 79.3 percent and the top ten 94.8 percent. Per capita, Bhutan's 108.08 grams per person per day from 31,021 tonnes leads Egypt at 38.99 grams. Bhutan ranks 13th by total but first per person.

The Listed Total Rose 1.1 Percent in 2023

Among the 31 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 3,539,098 tonnes to 3,577,160 tonnes, a gain of 38,062 tonnes (1.1 percent). The two years share the same 31 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Bolivia added 32,032 tonnes (up 139.5 percent), Venezuela added 23,000 tonnes (up 16.4 percent), Egypt added 20,848 tonnes (up 1.3 percent), DR Congo added 18,758 tonnes (up 34.7 percent), Colombia added 8,053 tonnes (up 4.5 percent) and Syria added 3,308 tonnes (up 3.7 percent), while Brazil fell 56,068 tonnes (down 11.3 percent) and Bangladesh fell 16,979 tonnes (down 11.4 percent).

Brazil's fall from 498,324 to 442,256 tonnes exceeds the net increase of 38,062 in absolute terms; Bolivia, Venezuela, Egypt and DR Congo together added 94,638 tonnes against it. Bolivia's rise from 22,954 to 54,986 tonnes reversed part of its five-year decline.

The Five-Year Common Total Rose 1.0 Percent

For the 27 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 3,461,082 tonnes to 3,495,307 tonnes, a gain of 34,225 tonnes (1.0 percent). The 2019 universe includes 27 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 31; no reporter left the comparison, while four reporters with a combined 81,853 tonnes entered, led by DR Congo at 72,891 tonnes. Venezuela added 161,480 tonnes from 1,520 tonnes, Egypt added 56,103 tonnes (up 3.6 percent), Syria added 27,583 tonnes (up 42.8 percent) and Peru added 14,179 tonnes (up 6.8 percent).

Ukraine fell 159,000 tonnes (down 100.0 percent), Bolivia fell 41,976 tonnes (down 43.3 percent), Sri Lanka fell 28,677 tonnes (down 99.7 percent) and Colombia fell 11,599 tonnes (down 5.8 percent).

Venezuela's gain of 161,480 tonnes and Ukraine's fall of 159,000 nearly cancel, leaving a net 2,480 tonnes; the other reporters add the remaining 31,745. Sri Lanka's fall from 28,776 to 99 tonnes removed nearly all of its 2019 supply, while Ecuador entered at 8,962 tonnes.

Both large moves came in single steps. Venezuela went from 1,450 tonnes in 2020 to 135,000 in 2021, then 140,000 and 163,000; Ukraine stayed between 156,000 and 159,000 tonnes through 2021 before reporting zero in 2022 and 2023. Bolivia dropped from 99,061 tonnes in 2020 to 22,361 in 2021 before partly recovering to 54,986. Egypt, by contrast, rose steadily from 1,574,000 to 1,630,103 tonnes, yet its per-person supply slipped from 40.09 to 38.99 grams.

What Does the Maize Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Maize (corn) rather than the broader maize category. Other maize products are therefore not included in this specific figure.

The per-capita value expresses the reported food supply in population terms, showing how much was available per person per day. Bhutan records the highest value at 108.08 grams.

Only 31 reporters have values under this item. Mexico, China and Nigeria do not appear in this dataset at all, while the United States reports zero throughout, so the table is not a ranking of all maize-eating countries.

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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	Egypt	1.57M	40.09	1.58M	39.67	1.6M	39.62	1.61M	39.15	1.63M	38.99
2	Brazil	432.04K	5.71	439.43K	5.77	632.94K	8.28	498.32K	6.49	442.26K	5.74
3	Thailand	350.13K	13.41	351.36K	13.44	352.51K	13.46	353.6K	13.5	353.84K	13.52
4	Peru	210K	17.73	215K	17.94	220.15K	18.19	222.09K	18.18	224.18K	18.15
5	Colombia	198.91K	10.92	204.33K	11.06	166.33K	8.9	179.26K	9.49	187.31K	9.81
6	Venezuela	1.52K	0.14	1.45K	0.14	135K	13.1	140K	13.6	163K	15.78
7	Bangladesh	121.09K	2.01	123.27K	2.03	123.77K	2.02	149.53K	2.42	132.55K	2.12
8	Malaysia	86.69K	7.1	86.54K	7	87.22K	6.97	90.53K	7.15	92.09K	7.18
9	Syria	64.47K	8.68	58.81K	7.65	67.22K	8.51	88.74K	10.82	92.05K	10.69
10	DR Congo	-	-	76.97K	2.2	53.71K	1.48	54.13K	1.45	72.89K	1.89
11	Haiti	69.02K	17.03	43.48K	10.59	68.14K	16.41	59.88K	14.26	59.66K	14.05
12	Bolivia	96.96K	22.76	99.06K	22.97	22.36K	5.13	22.95K	5.21	54.99K	12.3
13	Bhutan	29.17K	104.5	29.97K	106.63	30K	106	31.52K	110.57	31.02K	108.08
14	Madagascar	18.5K	1.8	19.38K	1.83	16.89K	1.56	13.8K	1.24	15.2K	1.33
15	Cyprus	10K	21.29	10K	21.04	8K	16.64	10K	20.58	10.75K	21.89
16	Ecuador	-	-	8.11K	1.27	4.82K	0.75	9.28K	1.43	8.96K	1.37
17	Iran	3.2K	0.1	3.3K	0.1	3.34K	0.1	3.39K	0.1	3.46K	0.1
18	Sweden	1.05K	0.28	1.07K	0.28	1.41K	0.37	1.2K	0.31	1.2K	0.31
19	Suriname	690.25	3.12	660.88	2.96	640.11	2.84	671.79	2.95	680.27	2.96
20	Fiji	350	1.05	425.93	1.28	359.57	1.07	421.3	1.26	501.5	1.49
21	Mongolia	5.15K	4.36	7.08K	5.9	7.8K	6.4	154.56	0.13	327.06	0.26
22	Sri Lanka	28.78K	3.52	27.95K	3.39	0	0	146.3	0.02	99.47	0.01
23	New Caledonia	35	0.34	51	0.49	33	0.32	48.67	0.46	48.9	0.46
24	Tonga	0	0	0.14	0	0.12	0	0	0	1.35	0.04
25	Solomon Islands	200	0.75	120.11	0.44	231.98	0.83	0.02	0	0.25	0
26	Nauru	1.65	0.39	1.27	0.3	0.13	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.08	0.02
27	Barbados	-	-	86	0.84	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Germany	78.42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Jamaica	-	-	-	0	-	0	119.16	0.11	0	0
30	Micronesia	52.44	1.3	53.48	1.32	52.71	1.29	53.71	1.31	0	0
31	Ukraine	159K	9.69	156K	9.57	158K	9.77	0	0	0	0

Maize Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 3,577,160 tonnes of listed maize food supply across 31 reporters. Egypt had the largest total at 1,630,103 tonnes, followed by Brazil at 442,256 tonnes and Thailand at 353,838 tonnes. Bhutan had the highest per-capita food supply at 108.08 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much maize people actually ate. The ranking covers only the 31 reporters in this dataset.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity (Element 5141, tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 665, g/capita/day) for Maize (corn) from 2019 through 2023. The food supply quantity measure represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual dietary intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 31 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.

Table quantities are shown in tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports food supply quantity in tonnes and in grams per capita per day. The listed total of 3,577,160 tonnes is the sum of the 31 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Maize (corn), food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.