Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Corn yields

Madagascar
1.83 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sierra Leone
1.7 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar rank
126th
Sierra Leone rank
129th

Corn yields over time

  • Madagascar
  • Sierra Leone
0123196119922024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 1.83 tonnes per hectare against 1.7 tonnes per hectare in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.13 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 126th and Sierra Leone ranks 129th of 170 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 1.12 tonnes per hectare 0.7272 tonnes per hectare 0.3942 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1970s 1.03 tonnes per hectare 1 tonnes per hectare 0.0298 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1980s 1.03 tonnes per hectare 1.01 tonnes per hectare 0.013 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
1990s 0.9183 tonnes per hectare 0.9792 tonnes per hectare 0.0609 tonnes per hectare Sierra Leone
2000s 1.41 tonnes per hectare 0.9113 tonnes per hectare 0.5021 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2010s 1.68 tonnes per hectare 1.64 tonnes per hectare 0.0381 tonnes per hectare Madagascar
2020s 1.81 tonnes per hectare 1.9 tonnes per hectare 0.0896 tonnes per hectare Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn yields, Madagascar or Sierra Leone?
Madagascar, at 1.83 tonnes per hectare against 1.7 tonnes per hectare in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn yields between Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
0.13 tonnes per hectare, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Sierra Leone rank globally for corn yields?
Madagascar ranks 126th and Sierra Leone ranks 129th 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.