Corn: Yield gap in Mexico
Mexico: Corn: Yield gap was 2.48 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in Mexico, 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
Mexico recorded 2.48 tonnes per hectare for corn: yield gap in 2024.
That represents a change of up 30.4% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Mexico peaked at 3.72 tonnes per hectare in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.9 tonnes per hectare, in 2023.
Mexico ranks 46th of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.28 tonnes per hectare | 2.87 tonnes per hectare | 3.72 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.71 tonnes per hectare | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 3.27 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.27 tonnes per hectare | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 2.48 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 8.68 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Mexico?
- Corn: yield gap in Mexico was 2.48 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 3.72 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9 tonnes per hectare in 2023.
- How does Mexico rank for corn: yield gap?
- Mexico ranks 46th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.