Australia vs Brazil: Crop yields
Australia
2.61 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil
2.61 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Australia rank
78th
Brazil rank
77th
Crop yields over time
- Australia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 2.61 tonnes per hectare against 2.61 tonnes per hectare in Australia, a difference of 0 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 78th and Brazil ranks 77th of 125 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Brazil in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.7878 tonnes per hectare | 0.4252 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 0.8439 tonnes per hectare | 0.4433 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | 0.0534 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 0.1945 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | 0.4189 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 2.57 tonnes per hectare | 0.6179 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 2020s | 2.77 tonnes per hectare | 2.73 tonnes per hectare | 0.0338 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher crop yields, Australia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 2.61 tonnes per hectare against 2.61 tonnes per hectare in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in crop yields between Australia and Brazil?
- 0 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for crop yields?
- Australia ranks 78th and Brazil ranks 77th of 125 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 Crop 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.