Japan vs Morocco: Corn: Yield gap
Japan
6.3 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Morocco
6.48 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
10th
Morocco rank
7th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Japan
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 6.48 tonnes per hectare against 6.3 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.18 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Morocco ahead.
Japan ranks 10th and Morocco ranks 7th of 115 countries.
Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.48 tonnes per hectare | 6.59 tonnes per hectare | 0.1073 tonnes per hectare | Morocco |
| 2010s | 6.34 tonnes per hectare | 6.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.0085 tonnes per hectare | Morocco |
| 2020s | 6.3 tonnes per hectare | 6.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.474 tonnes per hectare | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Japan or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 6.48 tonnes per hectare against 6.3 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Japan and Morocco?
- 0.18 tonnes per hectare, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Morocco?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Morocco rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Japan ranks 10th and Morocco ranks 7th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.