Brazil vs China: Cotton yields
Brazil
4.28 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China
6.59 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
4th
China rank
1st
Cotton yields over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 6.59 tonnes per hectare against 4.28 tonnes per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 2.31 tonnes per hectare.
That makes China's figure about 1.5 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 100 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6075 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 0.4897 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1970s | 0.4592 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 0.9064 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1980s | 0.6958 tonnes per hectare | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1990s | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2000s | 3.17 tonnes per hectare | 3.48 tonnes per hectare | 0.3072 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2010s | 3.82 tonnes per hectare | 4.58 tonnes per hectare | 0.7643 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2020s | 4.2 tonnes per hectare | 6.3 tonnes per hectare | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cotton yields, Brazil or China?
- China, at 6.59 tonnes per hectare against 4.28 tonnes per hectare in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cotton yields between Brazil and China?
- 2.31 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China rank globally for cotton yields?
- Brazil ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 100 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 Cotton yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.