Somalia vs Zimbabwe: Corn yields
Somalia
0.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zimbabwe
0.7299 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Somalia rank
165th
Zimbabwe rank
162nd
Corn yields over time
- Somalia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.7299 tonnes per hectare against 0.69 tonnes per hectare in Somalia, a difference of 0.0399 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Somalia ranks 165th and Zimbabwe ranks 162nd of 170 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8519 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 0.4059 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 0.8897 tonnes per hectare | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 0.829 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 0.3934 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 0.766 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 0.3991 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 0.8158 tonnes per hectare | 0.466 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2010s | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 0.8543 tonnes per hectare | 0.1991 tonnes per hectare | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.706 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 0.3224 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn yields, Somalia or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.7299 tonnes per hectare against 0.69 tonnes per hectare in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn yields between Somalia and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0399 tonnes per hectare, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Somalia and Zimbabwe rank globally for corn yields?
- Somalia ranks 165th and Zimbabwe ranks 162nd 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.