Guinea vs Jamaica: Corn: Yield gap
Guinea
2.47 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Jamaica
2.53 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Guinea rank
47th
Jamaica rank
45th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Guinea
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 2.53 tonnes per hectare against 2.47 tonnes per hectare in Guinea, a difference of 0.06 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Jamaica ahead.
Guinea ranks 47th and Jamaica ranks 45th of 115 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | 0.2193 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 2.55 tonnes per hectare | 2.71 tonnes per hectare | 0.1594 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 2.45 tonnes per hectare | 2.69 tonnes per hectare | 0.249 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Guinea or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 2.53 tonnes per hectare against 2.47 tonnes per hectare in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Guinea and Jamaica?
- 0.06 tonnes per hectare, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Jamaica?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Jamaica rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Guinea ranks 47th and Jamaica ranks 45th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.