What is the difference in corn yields between Cape Verde and Lesotho?

0.5924 tonnes per hectare, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Lesotho?

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.

Cape Verde vs Lesotho: Corn yields

Cape Verde

0.0403 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Lesotho

0.6327 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

171st

Lesotho rank

169th

Corn yields over time

Cape Verde
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.6327 tonnes per hectare against 0.0403 tonnes per hectare in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.5924 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 15.7 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 171st and Lesotho ranks 169th of 171 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Lesotho	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.5488 tonnes per hectare	0.7656 tonnes per hectare	0.2168 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
1970s	0.3391 tonnes per hectare	0.8471 tonnes per hectare	0.508 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
1980s	0.4577 tonnes per hectare	0.8073 tonnes per hectare	0.3496 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
1990s	0.3529 tonnes per hectare	0.9276 tonnes per hectare	0.5746 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
2000s	0.343 tonnes per hectare	0.6252 tonnes per hectare	0.2823 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
2010s	0.1311 tonnes per hectare	0.7541 tonnes per hectare	0.623 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho
2020s	0.0214 tonnes per hectare	0.754 tonnes per hectare	0.7327 tonnes per hectare	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn yields, Cape Verde or Lesotho?: Lesotho, at 0.6327 tonnes per hectare against 0.0403 tonnes per hectare in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn yields between Cape Verde and Lesotho?: 0.5924 tonnes per hectare, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Lesotho?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Lesotho rank globally for corn yields?: Cape Verde ranks 171st and Lesotho ranks 169th 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.