China vs Greece: Rice yields
China
7.15 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Greece
7.92 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
10th
Greece rank
8th
Rice yields over time
- China
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 7.92 tonnes per hectare against 7.15 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 0.77 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Greece ahead.
China ranks 10th and Greece ranks 8th of 124 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | 4.42 tonnes per hectare | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1970s | 3.57 tonnes per hectare | 4.84 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1980s | 5.06 tonnes per hectare | 5.93 tonnes per hectare | 0.8719 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1990s | 6.01 tonnes per hectare | 7.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2000s | 6.31 tonnes per hectare | 7.34 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2010s | 6.83 tonnes per hectare | 8.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2020s | 7.11 tonnes per hectare | 7.46 tonnes per hectare | 0.3503 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, China or Greece?
- Greece, at 7.92 tonnes per hectare against 7.15 tonnes per hectare in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between China and Greece?
- 0.77 tonnes per hectare, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Greece?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Greece rank globally for rice yields?
- China ranks 10th and Greece ranks 8th 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.