Italy vs Spain: Cotton yields
Italy
2.13 tonnes per hectare
in 1990
Spain
2.23 tonnes per hectare
in 2022
Italy rank
24th
Spain rank
22nd
Cotton yields over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 2.23 tonnes per hectare against 2.13 tonnes per hectare in Italy, a difference of 0.1 tonnes per hectare.
Across all 30 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 24th and Spain ranks 22nd of 100 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.701 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.5064 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.5175 tonnes per hectare | 1.94 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 0.6552 tonnes per hectare | 2.98 tonnes per hectare | 2.33 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.9641 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cotton yields, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 2.23 tonnes per hectare against 2.13 tonnes per hectare in Italy as of 2022.
- What is the difference in cotton yields between Italy and Spain?
- 0.1 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1990.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for cotton yields?
- Italy ranks 24th and Spain ranks 22nd 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.