Central America vs Mexico: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Central America
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 7,005 kg/ha against 5,142 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 1,863 kg/ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.4 times Central America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 14th of 32 groups.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,815 kg/ha | 2,382 kg/ha | 567.19 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 2,347 kg/ha | 2,895 kg/ha | 547.68 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 3,054 kg/ha | 3,596 kg/ha | 542.21 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 3,457 kg/ha | 4,397 kg/ha | 940.01 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 3,577 kg/ha | 4,528 kg/ha | 950.83 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 4,383 kg/ha | 5,803 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 5,143 kg/ha | 6,594 kg/ha | 1,450 kg/ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Central America or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 7,005 kg/ha against 5,142 kg/ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Central America and Mexico?
- 1,863 kg/ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Mexico rank globally for rice — yield?
- Central America ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 14th 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.