East Timor vs Zambia: Corn yields
East Timor
2.06 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zambia
2.21 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
East Timor rank
112th
Zambia rank
110th
Corn yields over time
- East Timor
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 2.21 tonnes per hectare against 2.06 tonnes per hectare in East Timor, a difference of 0.15 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was East Timor ahead.
East Timor ranks 112th and Zambia ranks 110th of 170 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 0.8532 tonnes per hectare | 0.1908 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 1970s | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 0.1954 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1980s | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 0.7994 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1990s | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 0.0694 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 2000s | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 0.4183 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2010s | 2.25 tonnes per hectare | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 0.3449 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2020s | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.5131 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn yields, East Timor or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 2.21 tonnes per hectare against 2.06 tonnes per hectare in East Timor as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn yields between East Timor and Zambia?
- 0.15 tonnes per hectare, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do East Timor and Zambia rank globally for corn yields?
- East Timor ranks 112th and Zambia ranks 110th 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.