What is the difference in corn yields between Bhutan and India?

0.13 tonnes per hectare, with Bhutan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and India?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

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 yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs India: Corn yields

Bhutan

3.67 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

India

3.54 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Bhutan rank

84th

India rank

87th

Corn yields over time

Bhutan
India

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 3.67 tonnes per hectare against 3.54 tonnes per hectare in India, a difference of 0.13 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 84th and India ranks 87th of 171 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 5 and India in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	India	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.4 tonnes per hectare	1 tonnes per hectare	0.3986 tonnes per hectare	Bhutan
1970s	1.4 tonnes per hectare	1.06 tonnes per hectare	0.3445 tonnes per hectare	Bhutan
1980s	1.22 tonnes per hectare	1.28 tonnes per hectare	0.0598 tonnes per hectare	India
1990s	1.33 tonnes per hectare	1.61 tonnes per hectare	0.2801 tonnes per hectare	India
2000s	2.31 tonnes per hectare	1.99 tonnes per hectare	0.3237 tonnes per hectare	Bhutan
2010s	3.17 tonnes per hectare	2.7 tonnes per hectare	0.4751 tonnes per hectare	Bhutan
2020s	3.63 tonnes per hectare	3.35 tonnes per hectare	0.2857 tonnes per hectare	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn yields, Bhutan or India?: Bhutan, at 3.67 tonnes per hectare against 3.54 tonnes per hectare in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn yields between Bhutan and India?: 0.13 tonnes per hectare, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and India?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Bhutan and India rank globally for corn yields?: Bhutan ranks 84th and India ranks 87th of 171 countries.
Where does this data come from?: 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 yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Corn yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: 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: 171 places, 9,544 data points, 1866–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.