Which has higher cotton yield, South Korea or Yemen?

South Korea, at 0.9786 against 0.929 in Yemen as of 2005.

What is the difference in cotton yield between South Korea and Yemen?

0.0496, with South Korea ahead.

41 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2005.

Our World in Data, published as Cotton yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

South Korea

0.9786

in 2005

Yemen

0.929

in 2024

South Korea rank

66th

Yemen rank

69th

South Korea currently reports 0.9786 against 0.929 in Yemen, a difference of 0.0496.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.

South Korea ranks 66th and Yemen ranks 69th of 100 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 3.

Decade	South Korea	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.6179	0.8455	0.2277	Yemen
1970s	0.8805	1.01	0.1317	Yemen
1980s	0.9431	0.8639	0.0791	South Korea
1990s	0.9727	0.9075	0.0652	South Korea
2000s	0.9762	1.08	0.1023	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher cotton yield, South Korea or Yemen?: South Korea, at 0.9786 against 0.929 in Yemen as of 2005.
What is the difference in cotton yield between South Korea and Yemen?: 0.0496, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Yemen?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2005.
How do South Korea and Yemen rank globally for cotton yield?: South Korea ranks 66th and Yemen ranks 69th of 100 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Cotton yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.