Spain vs Turkey: Rice yields
Spain
7.05 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Turkey
7.91 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain rank
11th
Turkey rank
9th
Rice yields over time
- Spain
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 7.91 tonnes per hectare against 7.05 tonnes per hectare in Spain, a difference of 0.86 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Spain ranks 11th and Turkey ranks 9th of 123 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 5 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.22 tonnes per hectare | 4.05 tonnes per hectare | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1970s | 6.01 tonnes per hectare | 4.5 tonnes per hectare | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 6.13 tonnes per hectare | 4.74 tonnes per hectare | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 6.62 tonnes per hectare | 5.06 tonnes per hectare | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2000s | 7.18 tonnes per hectare | 6.72 tonnes per hectare | 0.4516 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2010s | 7.7 tonnes per hectare | 8.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.3664 tonnes per hectare | Turkey |
| 2020s | 6.78 tonnes per hectare | 7.87 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Spain or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 7.91 tonnes per hectare against 7.05 tonnes per hectare in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Spain and Turkey?
- 0.86 tonnes per hectare, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Turkey?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Turkey rank globally for rice yields?
- Spain ranks 11th and Turkey ranks 9th 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.