Which has higher corn production, Madagascar or Sri Lanka?

Madagascar, at 265,000 tonnes against 223,496 tonnes in Sri Lanka as of 2024.

What is the difference in corn production between Madagascar and Sri Lanka?

41,504 tonnes, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sri Lanka?

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.

Madagascar vs Sri Lanka: Corn production

Madagascar

265,000 tonnes

in 2024

Sri Lanka

223,496 tonnes

in 2024

Madagascar rank

90th

Sri Lanka rank

93rd

Corn production over time

Madagascar
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 265,000 tonnes against 223,496 tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 41,504 tonnes.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 90th and Sri Lanka ranks 93rd of 176 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1960s	128,249 tonnes	11,451 tonnes	116,798 tonnes	Madagascar
1970s	116,277 tonnes	19,661 tonnes	96,616 tonnes	Madagascar
1980s	140,240 tonnes	31,135 tonnes	109,105 tonnes	Madagascar
1990s	161,200 tonnes	31,833 tonnes	129,367 tonnes	Madagascar
2000s	325,746 tonnes	56,250 tonnes	269,496 tonnes	Madagascar
2010s	339,668 tonnes	213,420 tonnes	126,248 tonnes	Madagascar
2020s	251,377 tonnes	297,950 tonnes	46,573 tonnes	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn production, Madagascar or Sri Lanka?: Madagascar, at 265,000 tonnes against 223,496 tonnes in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn production between Madagascar and Sri Lanka?: 41,504 tonnes, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sri Lanka?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Sri Lanka rank globally for corn production?: Madagascar ranks 90th and Sri Lanka ranks 93rd 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.