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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Zimbabwe: Corn: Yield gap

Democratic Republic of Congo
3.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zimbabwe
4.33 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
21st
Zimbabwe rank
19th

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 4.33 tonnes per hectare against 3.69 tonnes per hectare in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.6391 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 21st and Zimbabwe ranks 19th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.