Australia vs Northern America: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Australia
- Northern America
How they compare
Australia currently reports 11,914 kg/ha against 8,684 kg/ha in Northern America, a difference of 3,230 kg/ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times Northern America's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 2nd and Northern America ranks 1st of 114 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,820 kg/ha | 4,615 kg/ha | 2,205 kg/ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 6,074 kg/ha | 5,096 kg/ha | 978.33 kg/ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 6,608 kg/ha | 5,759 kg/ha | 848.87 kg/ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 8,434 kg/ha | 6,460 kg/ha | 1,973 kg/ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 8,447 kg/ha | 7,586 kg/ha | 860.17 kg/ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 9,892 kg/ha | 8,283 kg/ha | 1,609 kg/ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 10,380 kg/ha | 8,543 kg/ha | 1,836 kg/ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Australia or Northern America?
- Australia, at 11,914 kg/ha against 8,684 kg/ha in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Australia and Northern America?
- 3,230 kg/ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Northern America rank globally for rice — yield?
- Australia ranks 2nd and Northern America ranks 1st of 114 countries.
- 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.