France vs Paraguay: Rice yields
France
5.34 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Paraguay
5.64 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
France rank
32nd
Paraguay rank
30th
Rice yields over time
- France
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 5.64 tonnes per hectare against 5.34 tonnes per hectare in France, a difference of 0.3 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 32nd and Paraguay ranks 30th of 123 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 5 and Paraguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 1970s | 3.59 tonnes per hectare | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 1980s | 4.88 tonnes per hectare | 2.22 tonnes per hectare | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 1990s | 5.4 tonnes per hectare | 3.72 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 2000s | 5.55 tonnes per hectare | 3.71 tonnes per hectare | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 2010s | 5.12 tonnes per hectare | 6.12 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 5.38 tonnes per hectare | 5.87 tonnes per hectare | 0.4912 tonnes per hectare | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, France or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 5.64 tonnes per hectare against 5.34 tonnes per hectare in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between France and Paraguay?
- 0.3 tonnes per hectare, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Paraguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Paraguay rank globally for rice yields?
- France ranks 32nd and Paraguay ranks 30th 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.