Bhutan vs Japan: Corn: Yield gap

Bhutan
5.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan
6.3 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Bhutan rank
12th
Japan rank
10th

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Bhutan
  • Japan
02468200020122024

How they compare

Japan currently reports 6.3 tonnes per hectare against 5.69 tonnes per hectare in Bhutan, a difference of 0.61 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 12th and Japan ranks 10th of 115 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Japan Difference Ahead
2000s 7.05 tonnes per hectare 6.48 tonnes per hectare 0.5709 tonnes per hectare Bhutan
2010s 6.19 tonnes per hectare 6.34 tonnes per hectare 0.1493 tonnes per hectare Japan
2020s 5.73 tonnes per hectare 6.3 tonnes per hectare 0.5752 tonnes per hectare Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn: yield gap, Bhutan or Japan?
Japan, at 6.3 tonnes per hectare against 5.69 tonnes per hectare in Bhutan as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Bhutan and Japan?
0.61 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Japan?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and Japan rank globally for corn: yield gap?
Bhutan ranks 12th 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

Indicator
Corn: Yield gap
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
115 places, 2,863 data points, 2000–2025
Last refreshed

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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.