Mexico vs Spain: Cereal yields
Mexico
3.75 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
3.79 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mexico rank
74th
Spain rank
71st
Cereal yields over time
- Mexico
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 3.79 tonnes per hectare against 3.75 tonnes per hectare in Mexico, a difference of 0.04 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 33 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 74th and Spain ranks 71st of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.0497 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1970s | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 0.1059 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 2.29 tonnes per hectare | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | 0.0593 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | 0.0075 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2000s | 3.12 tonnes per hectare | 3.23 tonnes per hectare | 0.1116 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2010s | 3.6 tonnes per hectare | 3.47 tonnes per hectare | 0.1338 tonnes per hectare | Mexico |
| 2020s | 3.93 tonnes per hectare | 3.6 tonnes per hectare | 0.3273 tonnes per hectare | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yields, Mexico or Spain?
- Spain, at 3.79 tonnes per hectare against 3.75 tonnes per hectare in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yields between Mexico and Spain?
- 0.04 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Spain rank globally for cereal yields?
- Mexico ranks 74th and Spain ranks 71st of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.