Colombia vs Sri Lanka: Corn: Yield gap
Colombia
0.4968 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.6358 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Colombia rank
84th
Sri Lanka rank
82nd
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Colombia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.6358 tonnes per hectare against 0.4968 tonnes per hectare in Colombia, a difference of 0.139 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.3 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 84th and Sri Lanka ranks 82nd of 115 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.1762 tonnes per hectare | Colombia |
| 2010s | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 0.318 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | Colombia |
| 2020s | 0.7285 tonnes per hectare | 0.4132 tonnes per hectare | 0.3153 tonnes per hectare | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Colombia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.6358 tonnes per hectare against 0.4968 tonnes per hectare in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Colombia and Sri Lanka?
- 0.139 tonnes per hectare, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Sri Lanka?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Sri Lanka rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Colombia ranks 84th and Sri Lanka ranks 82nd 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.