Eritrea vs Nicaragua: Corn: Yield gap
Eritrea
2.55 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nicaragua
2.73 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Eritrea rank
43rd
Nicaragua rank
41st
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Eritrea
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 2.73 tonnes per hectare against 2.55 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea, a difference of 0.18 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 43rd and Nicaragua ranks 41st of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.03 tonnes per hectare | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | 0.2749 tonnes per hectare | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.88 tonnes per hectare | 0.3181 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 2.55 tonnes per hectare | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | 0.2615 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Eritrea or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 2.73 tonnes per hectare against 2.55 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Eritrea and Nicaragua?
- 0.18 tonnes per hectare, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Nicaragua?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Nicaragua rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Eritrea ranks 43rd and Nicaragua ranks 41st 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.