What is the difference in corn yields between Guyana and Jamaica?

0.02 tonnes per hectare, with Guyana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Jamaica?

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.

Guyana vs Jamaica: Corn yields

Guyana

1.36 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Jamaica

1.34 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Guyana rank

141st

Jamaica rank

142nd

Corn yields over time

Guyana
Jamaica

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 1.36 tonnes per hectare against 1.34 tonnes per hectare in Jamaica, a difference of 0.02 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 141st and Jamaica ranks 142nd of 171 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 6 and Jamaica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.14 tonnes per hectare	0.9305 tonnes per hectare	0.2094 tonnes per hectare	Guyana
1970s	1.59 tonnes per hectare	1.53 tonnes per hectare	0.0568 tonnes per hectare	Guyana
1980s	1.05 tonnes per hectare	1.25 tonnes per hectare	0.2065 tonnes per hectare	Jamaica
1990s	1.51 tonnes per hectare	1.28 tonnes per hectare	0.2366 tonnes per hectare	Guyana
2000s	1.3 tonnes per hectare	1.21 tonnes per hectare	0.09 tonnes per hectare	Guyana
2010s	1.37 tonnes per hectare	1.16 tonnes per hectare	0.2075 tonnes per hectare	Guyana
2020s	1.36 tonnes per hectare	1.18 tonnes per hectare	0.1894 tonnes per hectare	Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn yields, Guyana or Jamaica?: Guyana, at 1.36 tonnes per hectare against 1.34 tonnes per hectare in Jamaica as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn yields between Guyana and Jamaica?: 0.02 tonnes per hectare, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Jamaica?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Guyana and Jamaica rank globally for corn yields?: Guyana ranks 141st and Jamaica ranks 142nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guyana vs Jamaica: Corn yields. Statizoid, drawing on USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/maize-yields/guyana/jamaica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/maize-yields/guyana/jamaica/">Guyana vs Jamaica: Corn yields</a> — Statizoid

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: 18 September 2026

Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.