Spain vs United States: Corn yields
Spain
12.12 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
United States
11.71 tonnes per hectare
in 2025
Spain rank
8th
United States rank
11th
Corn yields over time
- Spain
- United States
How they compare
Spain currently reports 12.12 tonnes per hectare against 11.71 tonnes per hectare in United States, a difference of 0.41 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.
Spain ranks 8th and United States ranks 11th of 170 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 3 and United States in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.49 tonnes per hectare | 4.54 tonnes per hectare | 2.05 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1970s | 3.96 tonnes per hectare | 5.63 tonnes per hectare | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1980s | 5.88 tonnes per hectare | 6.65 tonnes per hectare | 0.7616 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1990s | 7.7 tonnes per hectare | 7.74 tonnes per hectare | 0.0389 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2000s | 9.69 tonnes per hectare | 9.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.4493 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2010s | 11.31 tonnes per hectare | 10.14 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2020s | 12.09 tonnes per hectare | 11.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn yields, Spain or United States?
- Spain, at 12.12 tonnes per hectare against 11.71 tonnes per hectare in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn yields between Spain and United States?
- 0.41 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and United States?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Spain and United States rank globally for corn yields?
- Spain ranks 8th and United States ranks 11th of 170 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.