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.
Corn: Yield gap in Philippines, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 2001 | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | -15.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9561 tonnes per hectare | -15.7% |
| 2008 | 0.8964 tonnes per hectare | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8792 tonnes per hectare | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9483 tonnes per hectare | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 0.7604 tonnes per hectare | -19.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6445 tonnes per hectare | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6224 tonnes per hectare | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5244 tonnes per hectare | -15.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5652 tonnes per hectare | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5944 tonnes per hectare | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3993 tonnes per hectare | -32.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4054 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.3297 tonnes per hectare | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 0.321 tonnes per hectare | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2688 tonnes per hectare | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2311 tonnes per hectare | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1922 tonnes per hectare | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 0.1871 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 0.1871 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.95 tonnes per hectare, 10% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 0.1871 tonnes per hectare is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0935 tonnes per hectare, 2.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
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 (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
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.