Bulgaria vs Yemen: Corn: Yield gap

Bulgaria
6.82 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Yemen
6.33 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
5th
Yemen rank
8th

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Yemen
2468200020122024

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 6.82 tonnes per hectare against 6.33 tonnes per hectare in Yemen, a difference of 0.49 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

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

Bulgaria ranks 5th and Yemen ranks 8th of 115 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Yemen Difference Ahead
2000s 6.07 tonnes per hectare 6.59 tonnes per hectare 0.5209 tonnes per hectare Yemen
2010s 3.87 tonnes per hectare 6.55 tonnes per hectare 2.68 tonnes per hectare Yemen
2020s 5.29 tonnes per hectare 5.66 tonnes per hectare 0.3684 tonnes per hectare Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn: yield gap, Bulgaria or Yemen?
Bulgaria, at 6.82 tonnes per hectare against 6.33 tonnes per hectare in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Bulgaria and Yemen?
0.49 tonnes per hectare, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Yemen?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Yemen rank globally for corn: yield gap?
Bulgaria ranks 5th and Yemen ranks 8th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.