Libya vs Romania: Corn: Yield gap
Libya
6.59 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Romania
7 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Libya rank
6th
Romania rank
3rd
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Libya
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 7 tonnes per hectare against 6.59 tonnes per hectare in Libya, a difference of 0.41 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Romania ahead.
Libya ranks 6th and Romania ranks 3rd of 115 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.63 tonnes per hectare | 6.69 tonnes per hectare | 0.0646 tonnes per hectare | Romania |
| 2010s | 6.66 tonnes per hectare | 5.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | Libya |
| 2020s | 6.6 tonnes per hectare | 5.85 tonnes per hectare | 0.7472 tonnes per hectare | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Libya or Romania?
- Romania, at 7 tonnes per hectare against 6.59 tonnes per hectare in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Libya and Romania?
- 0.41 tonnes per hectare, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Romania?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Libya and Romania rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Libya ranks 6th and Romania ranks 3rd 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.