Burkina Faso vs Costa Rica: Corn: Yield gap
Burkina Faso
1.44 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Costa Rica
1.65 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
69th
Costa Rica rank
66th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Burkina Faso
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.65 tonnes per hectare against 1.44 tonnes per hectare in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.21 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 69th and Costa Rica ranks 66th of 115 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 0.1528 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 0.1468 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 0.2537 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Burkina Faso or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 1.65 tonnes per hectare against 1.44 tonnes per hectare in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Burkina Faso and Costa Rica?
- 0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Costa Rica?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Costa Rica rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Burkina Faso ranks 69th and Costa Rica ranks 66th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.