Algeria vs Japan: Corn: Yield gap
Algeria
5.81 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan
6.3 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Algeria rank
11th
Japan rank
10th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Algeria
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 6.3 tonnes per hectare against 5.81 tonnes per hectare in Algeria, a difference of 0.49 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 11th and Japan ranks 10th of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.63 tonnes per hectare | 6.48 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | Algeria |
| 2010s | 8.63 tonnes per hectare | 6.34 tonnes per hectare | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | Algeria |
| 2020s | 6.07 tonnes per hectare | 6.3 tonnes per hectare | 0.2335 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Algeria or Japan?
- Japan, at 6.3 tonnes per hectare against 5.81 tonnes per hectare in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Algeria and Japan?
- 0.49 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Japan?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Japan rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Algeria ranks 11th and Japan ranks 10th of 115 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.