Corn: Yield gap in Cuba
Cuba: Corn: Yield gap was 1.73 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn: Yield gap in Cuba, 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 Cuba is 1.73 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.3% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Cuba peaked at 2.34 tonnes per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8943 tonnes per hectare, in 2004.
That places Cuba 64th out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Corn: Yield gap in Cuba, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 2001 | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9178 tonnes per hectare | -17.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8943 tonnes per hectare | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | +46.5% |
| 2006 | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | +91.7% |
| 2010 | 2.2 tonnes per hectare | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | -46.9% |
| 2012 | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | +31.6% |
| 2021 | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | +24.4% |
| 2024 | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | -26.3% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 1.73 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.95 tonnes per hectare, 88% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 1.73 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.27 tonnes per hectare, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Corn: Yield gap in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +91.7% | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 2.15 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.25 tonnes per hectare | 0.8943 tonnes per hectare | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2.2 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Cuba?
- Corn: yield gap in Cuba was 1.73 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 2.34 tonnes per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8943 tonnes per hectare in 2004.
- How does Cuba rank for corn: yield gap?
- Cuba ranks 64th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.