Corn: Yield gap in Romania
Romania: Corn: Yield gap was 7 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in Romania, 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
In 2024, corn: yield gap in Romania stood at 7 tonnes per hectare.
The figure is up 19.7% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in Romania peaked at 8.13 tonnes per hectare in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2.19 tonnes per hectare, in 2018.
That places Romania 3rd out of 115 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.69 tonnes per hectare | 5.28 tonnes per hectare | 8.13 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.02 tonnes per hectare | 2.19 tonnes per hectare | 7.64 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.85 tonnes per hectare | 4.03 tonnes per hectare | 7 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.0% (2025)
- Rural population 9.10 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 47.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 5.17 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn: yield gap in Romania?
- Corn: yield gap in Romania was 7 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 8.13 tonnes per hectare in 2007.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.19 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
- How does Romania rank for corn: yield gap?
- Romania ranks 3rd out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.