Namibia vs Tanzania: Corn: Yield gap
Namibia
3.09 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Tanzania
3.02 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Namibia rank
32nd
Tanzania rank
35th
Corn: Yield gap over time
- Namibia
- Tanzania
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 3.09 tonnes per hectare against 3.02 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania, a difference of 0.07 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Namibia ahead.
Namibia ranks 32nd and Tanzania ranks 35th of 115 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.39 tonnes per hectare | 3.17 tonnes per hectare | 0.7848 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 2.03 tonnes per hectare | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 2.33 tonnes per hectare | 3.08 tonnes per hectare | 0.7482 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn: yield gap, Namibia or Tanzania?
- Namibia, at 3.09 tonnes per hectare against 3.02 tonnes per hectare in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn: yield gap between Namibia and Tanzania?
- 0.07 tonnes per hectare, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Tanzania?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and Tanzania rank globally for corn: yield gap?
- Namibia ranks 32nd and Tanzania ranks 35th 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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.