Which has higher corn production, Laos or Uruguay?

Uruguay, at 581,658 tonnes against 515,300 tonnes in Laos as of 2024.

What is the difference in corn production between Laos and Uruguay?

66,358 tonnes, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Uruguay?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Laos vs Uruguay: Corn production

Laos

515,300 tonnes

in 2024

Uruguay

581,658 tonnes

in 2024

Laos rank

78th

Uruguay rank

76th

Corn production over time

Laos
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 581,658 tonnes against 515,300 tonnes in Laos, a difference of 66,358 tonnes.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.

Laos ranks 78th and Uruguay ranks 76th of 176 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	20,556 tonnes	137,232 tonnes	116,676 tonnes	Uruguay
1970s	28,606 tonnes	168,156 tonnes	139,551 tonnes	Uruguay
1980s	36,706 tonnes	108,522 tonnes	71,815 tonnes	Uruguay
1990s	71,003 tonnes	145,181 tonnes	74,178 tonnes	Uruguay
2000s	445,254 tonnes	229,466 tonnes	215,788 tonnes	Laos
2010s	1.19 million tonnes	516,240 tonnes	674,316 tonnes	Laos
2020s	531,095 tonnes	651,632 tonnes	120,537 tonnes	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn production, Laos or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 581,658 tonnes against 515,300 tonnes in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn production between Laos and Uruguay?: 66,358 tonnes, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Uruguay?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Laos and Uruguay rank globally for corn production?: Laos ranks 78th and Uruguay ranks 76th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Corn production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 9,538 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Corn (maize) production is measured in tonnes.