Ghana vs Paraguay: Corn: Yield gap
Ghana
0.9979 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Paraguay
0.88 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ghana rank
76th
Paraguay rank
77th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Ghana
- Paraguay
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.9979 tonnes per hectare against 0.88 tonnes per hectare in Paraguay, a difference of 0.1179 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Paraguay ahead.
Ghana ranks 76th and Paraguay ranks 77th of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Paraguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 0.3743 tonnes per hectare | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | 0.6255 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
| 2020s | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.6143 tonnes per hectare | 0.5272 tonnes per hectare | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Ghana or Paraguay?
- Ghana, at 0.9979 tonnes per hectare against 0.88 tonnes per hectare in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Ghana and Paraguay?
- 0.1179 tonnes per hectare, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Paraguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Paraguay rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Ghana ranks 76th and Paraguay ranks 77th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.