Japan vs Yemen: Corn: Yield gap

Japan
6.3 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Yemen
6.33 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
10th
Yemen rank
8th

Corn: Yield gap over time

  • Japan
  • Yemen
02468200020122024

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 6.33 tonnes per hectare against 6.3 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 10th and Yemen ranks 8th of 115 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Yemen Difference Ahead
2000s 6.48 tonnes per hectare 6.59 tonnes per hectare 0.1079 tonnes per hectare Yemen
2010s 6.34 tonnes per hectare 6.55 tonnes per hectare 0.2174 tonnes per hectare Yemen
2020s 6.3 tonnes per hectare 5.66 tonnes per hectare 0.6454 tonnes per hectare Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn: yield gap, Japan or Yemen?
Yemen, at 6.33 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 Yemen?
0.03 tonnes per hectare, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Yemen?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Japan and Yemen rank globally for corn: yield gap?
Japan ranks 10th and Yemen ranks 8th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.