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
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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

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

Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.