Japan vs Spain: Lettuce yields
Japan
27.74 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
27.82 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
16th
Spain rank
15th
Lettuce yields over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 27.82 tonnes per hectare against 27.74 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Japan ranks 16th and Spain ranks 15th of 111 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.35 tonnes per hectare | 22.37 tonnes per hectare | 3.02 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1970s | 19.69 tonnes per hectare | 21.92 tonnes per hectare | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 22.3 tonnes per hectare | 24.42 tonnes per hectare | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 23.77 tonnes per hectare | 27.95 tonnes per hectare | 4.18 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2000s | 25.43 tonnes per hectare | 27.54 tonnes per hectare | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2010s | 26.78 tonnes per hectare | 26.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.0079 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2020s | 27.56 tonnes per hectare | 28.42 tonnes per hectare | 0.8521 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lettuce yields, Japan or Spain?
- Spain, at 27.82 tonnes per hectare against 27.74 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lettuce yields between Japan and Spain?
- 0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for lettuce yields?
- Japan ranks 16th and Spain ranks 15th of 111 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 Lettuce 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.