Democratic Republic of Congo vs Russia: Corn: Yield gap

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.69 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Russia

3.52 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

21st

Russia rank

24th

Corn: Yield gap over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Russia

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 3.69 tonnes per hectare against 3.52 tonnes per hectare in Russia, a difference of 0.1674 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Russia ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 21st and Russia ranks 24th 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: 07 August 2026

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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.