Brazil vs Western Europe: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Brazil
- Western Europe
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 6,728 kg/ha against 5,338 kg/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 1,390 kg/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Brazil ranks 17th and Western Europe ranks 14th of 114 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Western Europe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,552 kg/ha | 3,906 kg/ha | 2,354 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 1,446 kg/ha | 3,591 kg/ha | 2,145 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 1,731 kg/ha | 4,881 kg/ha | 3,150 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 2,454 kg/ha | 5,397 kg/ha | 2,943 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 3,612 kg/ha | 5,554 kg/ha | 1,943 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 5,382 kg/ha | 5,123 kg/ha | 258.51 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 6,763 kg/ha | 5,381 kg/ha | 1,382 kg/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Brazil or Western Europe?
- Brazil, at 6,728 kg/ha against 5,338 kg/ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Brazil and Western Europe?
- 1,390 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Western Europe rank globally for rice — yield?
- Brazil ranks 17th and Western Europe ranks 14th 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.