China vs Peru: Rice yields
China
7.15 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Peru
8.31 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
10th
Peru rank
7th
Rice yields over time
- China
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 8.31 tonnes per hectare against 7.15 tonnes per hectare in China, a difference of 1.16 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.
China ranks 10th and Peru ranks 7th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.81 tonnes per hectare | 4.03 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1970s | 3.57 tonnes per hectare | 4.21 tonnes per hectare | 0.6352 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 1980s | 5.06 tonnes per hectare | 4.71 tonnes per hectare | 0.3573 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1990s | 6.01 tonnes per hectare | 5.61 tonnes per hectare | 0.4 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2000s | 6.31 tonnes per hectare | 6.84 tonnes per hectare | 0.5244 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2010s | 6.83 tonnes per hectare | 7.64 tonnes per hectare | 0.8088 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
| 2020s | 7.11 tonnes per hectare | 8.24 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, China or Peru?
- Peru, at 8.31 tonnes per hectare against 7.15 tonnes per hectare in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between China and Peru?
- 1.16 tonnes per hectare, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Peru rank globally for rice yields?
- China ranks 10th and Peru ranks 7th 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.