Maize production rose 0.393% to 840 kt in El Salvador in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in El Salvador reached an all time high of 926 kt in 2012 and an all time low of 176 kt in 1961. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, maize production in Costa Rica amounted to 6.71 kt, 1,950 kt in Guatemala, 684 kt in Honduras and 381 kt in Nicaragua in 2022.
El Salvador has been ranked 63rd within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of maize production.
| Maize Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belize | kt | 65.8 | 89.5 | 77.8 | 58.0 | 83.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kt | 9.54 | 6.72 | 18.1 | 13.3 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 923 | 904 | 686 | 786 | 781 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 1,899 | 1,952 | 1,977 | 1,854 | 1,972 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 613 | 684 | 705 | 589 | 667 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 28,250 | 27,763 | 27,169 | 27,228 | 27,425 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | 411 | 408 | 395 | 400 | 371 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kt | 128 | 116 | 129 | 123 | 133 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 412,262 | 371,096 | 364,262 | 345,962 | 358,447 |
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