Japan vs Latvia: Crop yields
Japan
4.44 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Latvia
4.57 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
35th
Latvia rank
34th
Crop yields over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 4.57 tonnes per hectare against 4.44 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.13 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 35th and Latvia ranks 34th of 125 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.41 tonnes per hectare | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2000s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 3.2 tonnes per hectare | 0.7126 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2010s | 3.94 tonnes per hectare | 4.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.1272 tonnes per hectare | Latvia |
| 2020s | 4.6 tonnes per hectare | 4.64 tonnes per hectare | 0.0395 tonnes per hectare | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher crop yields, Japan or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 4.57 tonnes per hectare against 4.44 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in crop yields between Japan and Latvia?
- 0.13 tonnes per hectare, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for crop yields?
- Japan ranks 35th and Latvia ranks 34th 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.