Australia vs USSR: Rice yields
Australia
11.91 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
USSR
3.31 tonnes per hectare
in 1991
Australia rank
2nd
USSR rank
1st
Rice yields over time
- Australia
- USSR
How they compare
Australia currently reports 11.91 tonnes per hectare against 3.31 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 8.6 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Australia's figure about 3.6 times USSR's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 1st of 123 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.82 tonnes per hectare | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 4.24 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1970s | 6.07 tonnes per hectare | 3.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1980s | 6.61 tonnes per hectare | 3.7 tonnes per hectare | 2.91 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
| 1990s | 8.82 tonnes per hectare | 3.42 tonnes per hectare | 5.4 tonnes per hectare | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Australia or USSR?
- Australia, at 11.91 tonnes per hectare against 3.31 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Australia and USSR?
- 8.6 tonnes per hectare, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Australia and USSR rank globally for rice yields?
- Australia ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 1st of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.