Asia vs Brazil: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Asia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 6,728 kg/ha against 4,989 kg/ha in Asia, a difference of 1,739 kg/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Asia ahead.
Asia ranks 16th and Brazil ranks 18th of 32 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 5 and Brazil in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,076 kg/ha | 1,552 kg/ha | 524.24 kg/ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 2,509 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 1,063 kg/ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 3,217 kg/ha | 1,731 kg/ha | 1,486 kg/ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 3,757 kg/ha | 2,454 kg/ha | 1,302 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 4,139 kg/ha | 3,612 kg/ha | 527.3 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 4,687 kg/ha | 5,382 kg/ha | 695.1 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 4,947 kg/ha | 6,763 kg/ha | 1,816 kg/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Asia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 6,728 kg/ha against 4,989 kg/ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Asia and Brazil?
- 1,739 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Brazil rank globally for rice — yield?
- Asia ranks 16th and Brazil ranks 18th of 32 groups.
- 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.