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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Peru: Corn: Yield gap

Democratic Republic of Congo
3.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Peru
3.98 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
21st
Peru rank
20th

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Peru
0246200020122024

How they compare

Peru currently reports 3.98 tonnes per hectare against 3.69 tonnes per hectare in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.2932 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 21st and Peru ranks 20th of 115 countries.

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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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.