Costa Rica vs Cuba: Corn: Yield gap
Costa Rica
1.65 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Cuba
1.73 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
66th
Cuba rank
64th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 1.73 tonnes per hectare against 1.65 tonnes per hectare in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 66th and Cuba ranks 64th of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Cuba in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 0.4054 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 0.2214 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 0.1466 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Costa Rica or Cuba?
- Cuba, at 1.73 tonnes per hectare against 1.65 tonnes per hectare in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Costa Rica and Cuba?
- 0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Cuba?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Cuba rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th and Cuba ranks 64th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.