Portugal vs Western Africa: Rice — Yield
Rice — Yield over time
- Portugal
- Western Africa
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 6,209 kg/ha against 2,162 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 4,047 kg/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 2.9 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 24th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 114 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,533 kg/ha | 1,141 kg/ha | 3,393 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 4,027 kg/ha | 1,323 kg/ha | 2,704 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 4,393 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | 2,839 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 5,516 kg/ha | 1,641 kg/ha | 3,876 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 5,780 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 4,100 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 5,896 kg/ha | 2,011 kg/ha | 3,885 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 5,885 kg/ha | 2,139 kg/ha | 3,746 kg/ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — yield, Portugal or Western Africa?
- Portugal, at 6,209 kg/ha against 2,162 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — yield between Portugal and Western Africa?
- 4,047 kg/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Western Africa rank globally for rice — yield?
- Portugal ranks 24th and Western Africa ranks 27th 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.