Cameroon vs Costa Rica: Corn yields
Cameroon
1.83 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Costa Rica
1.9 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Cameroon rank
125th
Costa Rica rank
122nd
Corn yields over time
- Cameroon
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.9 tonnes per hectare against 1.83 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon, a difference of 0.07 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Cameroon ranks 125th and Costa Rica ranks 122nd of 170 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7843 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.4338 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.8996 tonnes per hectare | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 0.5416 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 0.1587 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 0.0265 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 0.2222 tonnes per hectare | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | 0.1026 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 0.0459 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn yields, Cameroon or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 1.9 tonnes per hectare against 1.83 tonnes per hectare in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn yields between Cameroon and Costa Rica?
- 0.07 tonnes per hectare, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Costa Rica rank globally for corn yields?
- Cameroon ranks 125th and Costa Rica ranks 122nd of 170 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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About this data
Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.