Africa vs Viet Nam: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Africa
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 6,152 kg/ha against 2,372 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 3,780 kg/ha.
That makes Viet Nam's figure about 2.6 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Africa ranks 29th and Viet Nam ranks 9th of 36 regions.
Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,809 kg/ha | 1,904 kg/ha | 94.9 kg/ha | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 1,854 kg/ha | 2,110 kg/ha | 255.73 kg/ha | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 1,901 kg/ha | 2,661 kg/ha | 759.28 kg/ha | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 2,154 kg/ha | 3,611 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 2,347 kg/ha | 4,785 kg/ha | 2,439 kg/ha | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 2,322 kg/ha | 5,638 kg/ha | 3,316 kg/ha | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 2,363 kg/ha | 6,056 kg/ha | 3,692 kg/ha | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Africa or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 6,152 kg/ha against 2,372 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Africa and Viet Nam?
- 3,780 kg/ha, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Viet Nam rank globally for rice — yield?
- Africa ranks 29th and Viet Nam ranks 9th of 36 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.