What is the difference in corn yields between Bolivia and Japan?

0.16 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Japan?

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.

Bolivia vs Japan: Corn yields

Bolivia

2.53 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Japan

2.69 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Bolivia rank

107th

Japan rank

104th

Corn yields over time

Bolivia
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 2.69 tonnes per hectare against 2.53 tonnes per hectare in Bolivia, a difference of 0.16 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Bolivia's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Bolivia ranks 107th and Japan ranks 104th of 171 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.25 tonnes per hectare	2.62 tonnes per hectare	1.37 tonnes per hectare	Japan
1970s	1.32 tonnes per hectare	2.69 tonnes per hectare	1.37 tonnes per hectare	Japan
1980s	1.5 tonnes per hectare	2.15 tonnes per hectare	0.6536 tonnes per hectare	Japan
1990s	1.74 tonnes per hectare	2.48 tonnes per hectare	0.745 tonnes per hectare	Japan
2000s	2.26 tonnes per hectare	2.51 tonnes per hectare	0.2515 tonnes per hectare	Japan
2010s	2.44 tonnes per hectare	2.65 tonnes per hectare	0.2137 tonnes per hectare	Japan
2020s	2.55 tonnes per hectare	2.69 tonnes per hectare	0.1373 tonnes per hectare	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn yields, Bolivia or Japan?: Japan, at 2.69 tonnes per hectare against 2.53 tonnes per hectare in Bolivia as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn yields between Bolivia and Japan?: 0.16 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Japan?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Bolivia and Japan rank globally for corn yields?: Bolivia ranks 107th and Japan ranks 104th 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.