Corn: Yield gap in Bhutan
Bhutan: Corn: Yield gap was 5.69 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in Bhutan, 2000–2024
Source: Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for corn: yield gap in Bhutan is 5.69 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Bhutan peaked at 7.8 tonnes per hectare in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.31 tonnes per hectare, in 2004.
That places Bhutan 12th out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.05 tonnes per hectare | 5.31 tonnes per hectare | 7.8 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.19 tonnes per hectare | 5.72 tonnes per hectare | 7.04 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.73 tonnes per hectare | 5.59 tonnes per hectare | 5.88 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 489.68 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.7% (2025)
- Rural population 450,682 (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 56.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 20,654 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Bhutan?
- Corn: yield gap in Bhutan was 5.69 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn: yield gap recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.31 tonnes per hectare in 2004.
- How does Bhutan rank for corn: yield gap?
- Bhutan ranks 12th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Mueller et al. (2012); 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 part of Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.