Niger vs Nigeria: Corn: Yield gap

Niger

1.47 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Nigeria

1.42 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Niger rank

68th

Nigeria rank

70th

Corn: Yield gap over time

Niger
Nigeria

How they compare

Niger currently reports 1.47 tonnes per hectare against 1.42 tonnes per hectare in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0547 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nigeria ahead.

Niger ranks 68th and Nigeria ranks 70th of 115 countries.

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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: 07 August 2026

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 Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.