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
0123200020122024

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

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.