Eritrea vs Uruguay: Corn: Yield gap
Eritrea
2.55 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Uruguay
2.68 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Eritrea rank
43rd
Uruguay rank
42nd
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Eritrea
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 2.68 tonnes per hectare against 2.55 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea, a difference of 0.13 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.
Eritrea ranks 43rd and Uruguay ranks 42nd of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.03 tonnes per hectare | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.3068 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.5595 tonnes per hectare | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 2.55 tonnes per hectare | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 0.0634 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Eritrea or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 2.68 tonnes per hectare against 2.55 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Eritrea and Uruguay?
- 0.13 tonnes per hectare, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Uruguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Uruguay rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Eritrea ranks 43rd and Uruguay ranks 42nd 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.