Greece vs Nicaragua: Cotton yields
Greece
3.04 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Nicaragua
3.63 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Greece rank
11th
Nicaragua rank
8th
Cotton yields over time
- Greece
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 3.63 tonnes per hectare against 3.04 tonnes per hectare in Greece, a difference of 0.59 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Greece ranks 11th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 100 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 5 and Nicaragua in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 0.5929 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | 2.19 tonnes per hectare | 0.1866 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1980s | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | 0.5026 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1990s | 2.98 tonnes per hectare | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2000s | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2010s | 2.97 tonnes per hectare | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.7622 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2020s | 3.15 tonnes per hectare | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | 0.3718 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cotton yields, Greece or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 3.63 tonnes per hectare against 3.04 tonnes per hectare in Greece as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cotton yields between Greece and Nicaragua?
- 0.59 tonnes per hectare, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Greece and Nicaragua rank globally for cotton yields?
- Greece ranks 11th and Nicaragua ranks 8th 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.