Iraq vs Nepal: Corn: Yield gap
Iraq
1.66 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nepal
1.73 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Iraq rank
65th
Nepal rank
63rd
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Iraq
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 1.73 tonnes per hectare against 1.66 tonnes per hectare in Iraq, 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 Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 63rd of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Nepal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.47 tonnes per hectare | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | Iraq |
| 2010s | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | 2.75 tonnes per hectare | 0.3352 tonnes per hectare | Iraq |
| 2020s | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.6906 tonnes per hectare | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Iraq or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 1.73 tonnes per hectare against 1.66 tonnes per hectare in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Iraq and Nepal?
- 0.07 tonnes per hectare, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Nepal?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Nepal rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Iraq ranks 65th and Nepal ranks 63rd 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.