Corn: Yield gap in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Corn: Yield gap was 4.56 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in Kazakhstan, 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 Kazakhstan is 4.56 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Kazakhstan peaked at 7.42 tonnes per hectare in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.51 tonnes per hectare, in 2023.
Kazakhstan ranks 17th of 115 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.51 tonnes per hectare | 6.01 tonnes per hectare | 7.42 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.38 tonnes per hectare | 5.02 tonnes per hectare | 5.93 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.74 tonnes per hectare | 4.51 tonnes per hectare | 4.96 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Rural population 7.84 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 37.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 16.06 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Kazakhstan?
- Corn: yield gap in Kazakhstan was 4.56 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 7.42 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.51 tonnes per hectare in 2023.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for corn: yield gap?
- Kazakhstan ranks 17th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.