Canada vs United States: Corn: Yield gap
Canada
0 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
United States
0 tonnes per hectare
in 2025
Canada rank
91st
United States rank
91st
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0 tonnes per hectare against 0 tonnes per hectare in United States, a difference of 0 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 91st and United States ranks 91st of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and United States in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 0.6374 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.2285 tonnes per hectare | 0.2883 tonnes per hectare | 0.0597 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2020s | 0.0117 tonnes per hectare | 0 tonnes per hectare | 0.0117 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Canada or United States?
- Canada, at 0 tonnes per hectare against 0 tonnes per hectare in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Canada and United States?
- 0 tonnes per hectare, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Canada and United States rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Canada ranks 91st and United States 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
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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.