Italy vs United States: Corn: Yield gap

Italy
0 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
United States
0 tonnes per hectare
in 2025
Italy rank
91st
United States rank
91st

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Italy
  • United States
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 0 tonnes per hectare against 0 tonnes per hectare in United States, a difference of 0 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States ahead.

Italy ranks 91st and United States ranks 91st of 115 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy United States Difference Ahead
2000s 0.6903 tonnes per hectare 0.6374 tonnes per hectare 0.0529 tonnes per hectare Italy
2010s 0.4009 tonnes per hectare 0.2883 tonnes per hectare 0.1126 tonnes per hectare Italy
2020s 0.2935 tonnes per hectare 0 tonnes per hectare 0.2935 tonnes per hectare Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn: yield gap, Italy or United States?
Italy, at 0 tonnes per hectare against 0 tonnes per hectare in United States as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Italy and United States?
0 tonnes per hectare, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and United States?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Italy and United States rank globally for corn: yield gap?
Italy ranks 91st and United States ranks 91st 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.