Canada vs Spain: Soybean yields
Canada
3.31 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
3.51 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Canada rank
6th
Spain rank
3rd
Soybean yields over time
- Canada
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 3.51 tonnes per hectare against 3.31 tonnes per hectare in Canada, a difference of 0.2 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 6th and Spain ranks 3rd of 106 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 0.4579 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
| 1980s | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.2848 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.62 tonnes per hectare | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.5438 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
| 2000s | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 0.0918 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2010s | 2.85 tonnes per hectare | 2.87 tonnes per hectare | 0.0189 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2020s | 3.12 tonnes per hectare | 3.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.0269 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soybean yields, Canada or Spain?
- Spain, at 3.51 tonnes per hectare against 3.31 tonnes per hectare in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soybean yields between Canada and Spain?
- 0.2 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Spain?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Spain rank globally for soybean yields?
- Canada ranks 6th and Spain ranks 3rd of 106 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 Soybean 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.