Brazil vs Portugal: Corn: Yield gap

Brazil
0 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Portugal
0 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
91st
Portugal rank
91st

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Brazil
  • Portugal
01234200020122024

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 0 tonnes per hectare against 0 tonnes per hectare in Portugal, a difference of 0 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Portugal ahead.

Brazil ranks 91st and Portugal ranks 91st of 115 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Portugal Difference Ahead
2000s 1.63 tonnes per hectare 2.68 tonnes per hectare 1.05 tonnes per hectare Portugal
2010s 0.2369 tonnes per hectare 0.2695 tonnes per hectare 0.0326 tonnes per hectare Portugal
2020s 0.0821 tonnes per hectare 0 tonnes per hectare 0.0821 tonnes per hectare Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn: yield gap, Brazil or Portugal?
Brazil, at 0 tonnes per hectare against 0 tonnes per hectare in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Brazil and Portugal?
0 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Portugal?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Portugal rank globally for corn: yield gap?
Brazil ranks 91st and Portugal ranks 91st 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.