Mexico vs Spain: Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production
Mexico
3.75 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
3.79 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mexico rank
74th
Spain rank
71st
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production 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 change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production, 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 change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production 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 change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production?
- 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 Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production. 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.