USSR vs Zambia: Crop yields
USSR
1.57 tonnes per hectare
in 1991
Zambia
7.09 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
USSR rank
1st
Zambia rank
4th
Crop yields over time
- USSR
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 7.09 tonnes per hectare against 1.57 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 5.52 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Zambia's figure about 4.5 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
USSR ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 4th of 1 groups.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | USSR | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 0.755 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1970s | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1980s | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1990s | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 4.39 tonnes per hectare | 2.55 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher crop yields, USSR or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 7.09 tonnes per hectare against 1.57 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in crop yields between USSR and Zambia?
- 5.52 tonnes per hectare, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for USSR and Zambia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do USSR and Zambia rank globally for crop yields?
- USSR ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 4th of 1 groups.
- 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.