Italy vs Spain: Crop yields
Italy
3.66 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
3.65 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Italy rank
46th
Spain rank
47th
Crop yields over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Italy currently reports 3.66 tonnes per hectare against 3.65 tonnes per hectare in Spain, a difference of 0.01 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 46th and Spain ranks 47th of 125 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.9894 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 1970s | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 1980s | 2.78 tonnes per hectare | 2.19 tonnes per hectare | 0.5903 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 1990s | 3.32 tonnes per hectare | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2000s | 3.38 tonnes per hectare | 2.86 tonnes per hectare | 0.5195 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2010s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 3.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.7676 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2020s | 3.84 tonnes per hectare | 3.4 tonnes per hectare | 0.4452 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher crop yields, Italy or Spain?
- Italy, at 3.66 tonnes per hectare against 3.65 tonnes per hectare in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in crop yields between Italy and Spain?
- 0.01 tonnes per hectare, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for crop yields?
- Italy ranks 46th and Spain ranks 47th 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.