Jamaica vs Uruguay: Corn: Yield gap
Jamaica
2.53 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Uruguay
2.68 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Jamaica rank
45th
Uruguay rank
42nd
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Jamaica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 2.68 tonnes per hectare against 2.53 tonnes per hectare in Jamaica, a difference of 0.15 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.
Jamaica ranks 45th and Uruguay ranks 42nd of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.66 tonnes per hectare | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.6832 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 2.71 tonnes per hectare | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.7029 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 2.69 tonnes per hectare | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 0.0812 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Jamaica or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 2.68 tonnes per hectare against 2.53 tonnes per hectare in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Jamaica and Uruguay?
- 0.15 tonnes per hectare, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Uruguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Uruguay rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Jamaica ranks 45th and Uruguay ranks 42nd 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.