Mauritania vs Somalia: Corn yields
Mauritania
0.6429 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Somalia
0.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mauritania rank
166th
Somalia rank
165th
Corn yields over time
- Mauritania
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.69 tonnes per hectare against 0.6429 tonnes per hectare in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0471 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.
Mauritania ranks 166th and Somalia ranks 165th of 170 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6417 tonnes per hectare | 0.8519 tonnes per hectare | 0.2101 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.4708 tonnes per hectare | 0.8897 tonnes per hectare | 0.4189 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.5645 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 0.5163 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.7622 tonnes per hectare | 0.766 tonnes per hectare | 0.0039 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.7683 tonnes per hectare | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 0.5135 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.6731 tonnes per hectare | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 0.3804 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.6432 tonnes per hectare | 0.706 tonnes per hectare | 0.0628 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn yields, Mauritania or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.69 tonnes per hectare against 0.6429 tonnes per hectare in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn yields between Mauritania and Somalia?
- 0.0471 tonnes per hectare, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for corn yields?
- Mauritania ranks 166th and Somalia ranks 165th 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.