Greece vs Spain: Rice yields
Greece
7.92 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
7.05 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Greece rank
8th
Spain rank
11th
Rice yields over time
- Greece
- Spain
How they compare
Greece currently reports 7.92 tonnes per hectare against 7.05 tonnes per hectare in Spain, a difference of 0.87 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Greece ranks 8th and Spain ranks 11th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.42 tonnes per hectare | 6.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1970s | 4.84 tonnes per hectare | 6.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 5.93 tonnes per hectare | 6.13 tonnes per hectare | 0.1926 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 7.22 tonnes per hectare | 6.62 tonnes per hectare | 0.5963 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2000s | 7.34 tonnes per hectare | 7.18 tonnes per hectare | 0.1598 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2010s | 8.01 tonnes per hectare | 7.7 tonnes per hectare | 0.3068 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 2020s | 7.46 tonnes per hectare | 6.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.6768 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Greece or Spain?
- Greece, at 7.92 tonnes per hectare against 7.05 tonnes per hectare in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Greece and Spain?
- 0.87 tonnes per hectare, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Spain rank globally for rice yields?
- Greece ranks 8th and Spain ranks 11th 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.