Egypt vs Peru: Rice yields
Egypt
9.13 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Peru
8.31 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt rank
4th
Peru rank
7th
Rice yields over time
- Egypt
- Peru
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 9.13 tonnes per hectare against 8.31 tonnes per hectare in Peru, a difference of 0.82 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 4th and Peru ranks 7th of 123 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.16 tonnes per hectare | 4.03 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1970s | 5.33 tonnes per hectare | 4.21 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1980s | 5.83 tonnes per hectare | 4.71 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1990s | 8.04 tonnes per hectare | 5.61 tonnes per hectare | 2.42 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2000s | 9.65 tonnes per hectare | 6.84 tonnes per hectare | 2.82 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 9.28 tonnes per hectare | 7.64 tonnes per hectare | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2020s | 9.19 tonnes per hectare | 8.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.9479 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Egypt or Peru?
- Egypt, at 9.13 tonnes per hectare against 8.31 tonnes per hectare in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Egypt and Peru?
- 0.82 tonnes per hectare, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Peru rank globally for rice yields?
- Egypt ranks 4th and Peru ranks 7th 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.