Burundi vs Rwanda: Corn: Yield gap
Burundi
5.08 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Rwanda
5.15 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Burundi rank
15th
Rwanda rank
14th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Burundi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 5.15 tonnes per hectare against 5.08 tonnes per hectare in Burundi, a difference of 0.07 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Rwanda ahead.
Burundi ranks 15th and Rwanda ranks 14th of 115 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.26 tonnes per hectare | 6.04 tonnes per hectare | 0.7758 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 5.05 tonnes per hectare | 5.17 tonnes per hectare | 0.117 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 5.1 tonnes per hectare | 5.38 tonnes per hectare | 0.281 tonnes per hectare | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Burundi or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 5.15 tonnes per hectare against 5.08 tonnes per hectare in Burundi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Burundi and Rwanda?
- 0.07 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Rwanda?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Rwanda rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Burundi ranks 15th and Rwanda ranks 14th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.