What is the difference in crop yields between Namibia and Netherlands?

0.1 tonnes per hectare, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Netherlands?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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.

Namibia vs Netherlands: Crop yields

Namibia

7.07 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Netherlands

6.97 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Namibia rank

6th

Netherlands rank

8th

Crop yields over time

Namibia
Netherlands

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 7.07 tonnes per hectare against 6.97 tonnes per hectare in Netherlands, a difference of 0.1 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.

Namibia ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 8th of 126 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.41 tonnes per hectare	4.38 tonnes per hectare	2.97 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
1970s	1.95 tonnes per hectare	5.29 tonnes per hectare	3.34 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
1980s	3.03 tonnes per hectare	7.16 tonnes per hectare	4.13 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
1990s	4.83 tonnes per hectare	8.15 tonnes per hectare	3.32 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
2000s	5.64 tonnes per hectare	8.41 tonnes per hectare	2.77 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
2010s	5.78 tonnes per hectare	8.74 tonnes per hectare	2.96 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
2020s	5.88 tonnes per hectare	8.28 tonnes per hectare	2.4 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crop yields, Namibia or Netherlands?: Namibia, at 7.07 tonnes per hectare against 6.97 tonnes per hectare in Netherlands as of 2024.
What is the difference in crop yields between Namibia and Netherlands?: 0.1 tonnes per hectare, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Netherlands?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Netherlands rank globally for crop yields?: Namibia ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 8th of 126 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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Indicator: Crop yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,889 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.