Italy vs Spain: Soybean yields
Italy
3.34 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
3.51 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Italy rank
5th
Spain rank
3rd
Soybean yields over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 3.51 tonnes per hectare against 3.34 tonnes per hectare in Italy, a difference of 0.17 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 5th and Spain ranks 3rd of 105 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 0.916 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 1980s | 3.06 tonnes per hectare | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 1990s | 3.5 tonnes per hectare | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2000s | 3.39 tonnes per hectare | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 0.8597 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2010s | 3.5 tonnes per hectare | 2.87 tonnes per hectare | 0.6334 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
| 2020s | 3.36 tonnes per hectare | 3.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.2123 tonnes per hectare | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soybean yields, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 3.51 tonnes per hectare against 3.34 tonnes per hectare in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soybean yields between Italy and Spain?
- 0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for soybean yields?
- Italy ranks 5th and Spain ranks 3rd of 105 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.