Brazil vs USSR: Cotton yields
Brazil
4.28 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
USSR
2.59 tonnes per hectare
in 1991
Brazil rank
4th
USSR rank
1st
Cotton yields over time
- Brazil
- USSR
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 4.28 tonnes per hectare against 2.59 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 1.69 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.7 times USSR's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 4th and USSR ranks 1st of 100 countries.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6075 tonnes per hectare | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1970s | 0.4592 tonnes per hectare | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1980s | 0.6958 tonnes per hectare | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
| 1990s | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cotton yields, Brazil or USSR?
- Brazil, at 4.28 tonnes per hectare against 2.59 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cotton yields between Brazil and USSR?
- 1.69 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Brazil and USSR rank globally for cotton yields?
- Brazil ranks 4th and USSR 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.