Eastern Africa vs Portugal: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 6,209 kg/ha against 2,469 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 3,740 kg/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 2.5 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 24th of 36 groups.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,713 kg/ha | 4,533 kg/ha | 2,820 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 1,721 kg/ha | 4,027 kg/ha | 2,306 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1,727 kg/ha | 4,393 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1,878 kg/ha | 5,516 kg/ha | 3,638 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 2,073 kg/ha | 5,780 kg/ha | 3,707 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 2,583 kg/ha | 5,896 kg/ha | 3,314 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 2,572 kg/ha | 5,885 kg/ha | 3,313 kg/ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Eastern Africa or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 6,209 kg/ha against 2,469 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Eastern Africa and Portugal?
- 3,740 kg/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Portugal rank globally for rice — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 24th of 36 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.