Brazil vs Chile: Rice yields
Brazil
6.73 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Chile
6.83 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
17th
Chile rank
16th
Rice yields over time
- Brazil
- Chile
How they compare
Chile currently reports 6.83 tonnes per hectare against 6.73 tonnes per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 0.1 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Chile ahead.
Brazil ranks 17th and Chile ranks 16th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Chile in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Chile | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | Chile |
| 1970s | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | 3.15 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | Chile |
| 1980s | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 3.74 tonnes per hectare | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | Chile |
| 1990s | 2.45 tonnes per hectare | 4.2 tonnes per hectare | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | Chile |
| 2000s | 3.61 tonnes per hectare | 5.17 tonnes per hectare | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | Chile |
| 2010s | 5.38 tonnes per hectare | 6.03 tonnes per hectare | 0.6459 tonnes per hectare | Chile |
| 2020s | 6.76 tonnes per hectare | 6.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.6505 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Brazil or Chile?
- Chile, at 6.83 tonnes per hectare against 6.73 tonnes per hectare in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Brazil and Chile?
- 0.1 tonnes per hectare, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Chile?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Chile rank globally for rice yields?
- Brazil ranks 17th and Chile ranks 16th of 124 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.