In the national marketing year 2023/2024, the Philippines produced 8.12 million metric tons of maize, which was a slight decrease from 8.26 million metric tons produced in the previous year. However, the Philippines' maize production was forecast to reach 8.3 million metric tons in the marketing year 2024/2025.

Growing corn varies depending on the area, and its production cycle is different in all parts of the world. In the Philippines, corn production is based on the landscape and topography of an area. In 2023, the production volume of corn in the Philippines amounted to approximately 8.41 million metric tons, higher than the produced quantity of 8.26 million metric tons in the previous year. Corn farming Over the past six years, about 2.5 million hectares of land were utilized for cultivating corn in the Philippines. Despite fluctuation in production, corn remains among the leading crops produced in the country. The Philippines is also one of the biggest corn producing countries globally. Corn industry in the Philippines Aside from rice, corn is considered another staple crop in the Philippines. The country has six common varieties — sweet corn, wild violet corn, white lagkitan, Visayan white corn, purple, and young corn. Some of the country's corn production are exported, especially maize seeds and frozen sweet corn.

Philippines Production: Value: Crops: Corn data was reported at 26,478.000 PHP mn in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 35,818.000 PHP mn for 2023. Philippines Production: Value: Crops: Corn data is updated yearly, averaging 18,422.000 PHP mn from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36,009.000 PHP mn in 2022 and a record low of 5,688.000 PHP mn in 2002. Philippines Production: Value: Crops: Corn data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Philippine Statistics Authority. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Philippines – Table PH.B016: Production: Value: Agriculture: Current Price: Annual.

The United States was responsible for almost one third of the world's corn production in 2023/24. Most of the U.S. production is attributable to the Corn Belt, which is in the Midwest of the United States. Since the 1850s, corn has been the predominant crop in this area.

U.S. corn production

Most of the corn grow in in the U.S. is field corn. Field corn is not primarily for human consumption but is used to produce hundreds of other products such as ethanol, livestock feed, and other manufactured goods. In 2023, the U.S. harvested over 86 million acres of corn for grain. Wisconsin, California, and South Dakota were the top states producing corn for silage in the U.S. that year.

Global corn consumption: It’s Corn!

In 2022/23, just under 46 billion bushels of corn were consumed worldwide. The United States and China were the top consumers of corn in the world, each consuming over 11 billion bushels that year. Even though the U.S. leads in consumption globally, the consumption of sweet corn has declined drastically since 2015. Mexico, was the top importer of U.S. corn in 2022, followed by China.

The average domestic wholesale price of yellow corn grain in the Philippines was approximately 20.46 Philippine pesos per kilogram in 2023. Corn production in the country has been declining recently, particularly of yellow corn, resulting in an increase in corn imports.

The total land area used for agricultural crop cultivation in the Philippines was around 13.57 million hectares in 2023. The land area used for agricultural crop cultivation in the country was mainly used for cultivating palay, corn, and coconut.

In 2022, China had the highest taro production in the Asia-Pacific region, reaching approximately 1.9 million tons of taro. In comparison, Kiribati had a taro production of about 1.96 thousand tons in 2022.