Cuba vs Syria: Corn: Yield gap
Cuba
1.73 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Syria
1.9 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Cuba rank
64th
Syria rank
61st
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Cuba
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 1.9 tonnes per hectare against 1.73 tonnes per hectare in Cuba, a difference of 0.17 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Syria ahead.
Cuba ranks 64th and Syria ranks 61st of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 1 and Syria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 3.74 tonnes per hectare | 2.49 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
| 2010s | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 3.85 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
| 2020s | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 0.0072 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Cuba or Syria?
- Syria, at 1.9 tonnes per hectare against 1.73 tonnes per hectare in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Cuba and Syria?
- 0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Syria?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Syria rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Cuba ranks 64th and Syria ranks 61st 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.