Australia vs Nigeria: Corn: Yield gap
Australia
1.25 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nigeria
1.42 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Australia rank
71st
Nigeria rank
70th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Australia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.42 tonnes per hectare against 1.25 tonnes per hectare in Australia, a difference of 0.17 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 71st and Nigeria ranks 70th of 115 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 0.0442 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.7005 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.821 tonnes per hectare | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 0.5679 tonnes per hectare | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Australia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 1.42 tonnes per hectare against 1.25 tonnes per hectare in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Australia and Nigeria?
- 0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Nigeria?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Nigeria rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Australia ranks 71st and Nigeria ranks 70th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.