Ecuador vs Ghana: Corn: Yield gap
Ecuador
0.8353 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ghana
0.9979 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
79th
Ghana rank
76th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Ecuador
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.9979 tonnes per hectare against 0.8353 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador, a difference of 0.1626 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 79th and Ghana ranks 76th of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and Ghana in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.4 tonnes per hectare | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | 0.1151 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 0.8486 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.2929 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Ecuador or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.9979 tonnes per hectare against 0.8353 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Ecuador and Ghana?
- 0.1626 tonnes per hectare, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Ghana?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Ghana rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Ecuador ranks 79th and Ghana ranks 76th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.