Ecuador vs El Salvador: Corn: Yield gap

Ecuador
0.8353 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
El Salvador
0.7858 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
79th
El Salvador rank
80th

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
01234200020122024

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.8353 tonnes per hectare against 0.7858 tonnes per hectare in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0495 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 79th and El Salvador ranks 80th of 115 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador El Salvador Difference Ahead
2000s 3.4 tonnes per hectare 1.11 tonnes per hectare 2.29 tonnes per hectare Ecuador
2010s 1.93 tonnes per hectare 0.9803 tonnes per hectare 0.9517 tonnes per hectare Ecuador
2020s 0.8486 tonnes per hectare 0.835 tonnes per hectare 0.0136 tonnes per hectare Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn: yield gap, Ecuador or El Salvador?
Ecuador, at 0.8353 tonnes per hectare against 0.7858 tonnes per hectare in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Ecuador and El Salvador?
0.0495 tonnes per hectare, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for corn: yield gap?
Ecuador ranks 79th and El Salvador ranks 80th 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

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.