Kenya vs Nicaragua: Corn: Yield gap
Kenya
2.53 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nicaragua
2.73 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Kenya rank
44th
Nicaragua rank
41st
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Kenya
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 2.73 tonnes per hectare against 2.53 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.2 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Kenya ranks 44th and Nicaragua ranks 41st of 115 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | 0.1634 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 2.55 tonnes per hectare | 2.88 tonnes per hectare | 0.3336 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | 0.2414 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Kenya or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 2.73 tonnes per hectare against 2.53 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Kenya and Nicaragua?
- 0.2 tonnes per hectare, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nicaragua?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Nicaragua rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Kenya ranks 44th and Nicaragua ranks 41st 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.