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
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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

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.