Honduras vs Jamaica: Corn: Yield gap

Honduras
2.46 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Jamaica
2.53 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Honduras rank
48th
Jamaica rank
45th

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Honduras
  • Jamaica
0123200020122024

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 2.53 tonnes per hectare against 2.46 tonnes per hectare in Honduras, a difference of 0.07 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Honduras ahead.

Honduras ranks 48th and Jamaica ranks 45th of 115 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Jamaica Difference Ahead
2000s 2.81 tonnes per hectare 2.66 tonnes per hectare 0.1594 tonnes per hectare Honduras
2010s 2.61 tonnes per hectare 2.71 tonnes per hectare 0.0962 tonnes per hectare Jamaica
2020s 2.49 tonnes per hectare 2.69 tonnes per hectare 0.2023 tonnes per hectare Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn: yield gap, Honduras or Jamaica?
Jamaica, at 2.53 tonnes per hectare against 2.46 tonnes per hectare in Honduras as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Honduras and Jamaica?
0.07 tonnes per hectare, with Jamaica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Jamaica?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Honduras and Jamaica rank globally for corn: yield gap?
Honduras ranks 48th 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

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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.