Corn: Yield gap in Philippines
Philippines: Corn: Yield gap was 0.1871 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Corn: Yield gap in Philippines, 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 Philippines is 0.1871 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 64.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Philippines peaked at 1.7 tonnes per hectare in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1871 tonnes per hectare, in 2024.
Philippines ranks 87th of 115 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 0.8792 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5794 tonnes per hectare | 0.3297 tonnes per hectare | 0.9483 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.1871 tonnes per hectare | 0.321 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.6% (2025)
- Rural population 51.65 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 7.36 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Philippines?
- Corn: yield gap in Philippines was 0.1871 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1871 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- How does Philippines rank for corn: yield gap?
- Philippines ranks 87th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Philippines 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.