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