France vs Spain: Sorghum yields
France
4.45 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
4.19 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
France rank
13th
Spain rank
15th
Sorghum yields over time
- France
- Spain
How they compare
France currently reports 4.45 tonnes per hectare against 4.19 tonnes per hectare in Spain, a difference of 0.26 tonnes per hectare.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 13th and Spain ranks 15th of 114 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.88 tonnes per hectare | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 1970s | 3.76 tonnes per hectare | 4.36 tonnes per hectare | 0.6075 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 4.72 tonnes per hectare | 4.8 tonnes per hectare | 0.0848 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 5.72 tonnes per hectare | 4.82 tonnes per hectare | 0.8973 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 2000s | 5.58 tonnes per hectare | 3.76 tonnes per hectare | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 2010s | 5.61 tonnes per hectare | 4.77 tonnes per hectare | 0.8447 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 2020s | 4.91 tonnes per hectare | 4.02 tonnes per hectare | 0.8851 tonnes per hectare | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum yields, France or Spain?
- France, at 4.45 tonnes per hectare against 4.19 tonnes per hectare in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum yields between France and Spain?
- 0.26 tonnes per hectare, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Spain rank globally for sorghum yields?
- France ranks 13th and Spain ranks 15th of 114 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 Sorghum 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.