Japan vs Uruguay: Crop yields
Japan
4.44 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Uruguay
4.28 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
35th
Uruguay rank
37th
Crop yields over time
- Japan
- Uruguay
How they compare
Japan currently reports 4.44 tonnes per hectare against 4.28 tonnes per hectare in Uruguay, a difference of 0.16 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 35th and Uruguay ranks 37th of 125 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | 0.9331 tonnes per hectare | 1.58 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1970s | 2.75 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1980s | 3.27 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1990s | 3.41 tonnes per hectare | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2000s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2010s | 3.94 tonnes per hectare | 3.12 tonnes per hectare | 0.8194 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2020s | 4.6 tonnes per hectare | 4.2 tonnes per hectare | 0.3937 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher crop yields, Japan or Uruguay?
- Japan, at 4.44 tonnes per hectare against 4.28 tonnes per hectare in Uruguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in crop yields between Japan and Uruguay?
- 0.16 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Uruguay rank globally for crop yields?
- Japan ranks 35th and Uruguay ranks 37th 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.