Spain vs Turkey: Soybean yields
Spain
3.51 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Turkey
4.12 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain rank
3rd
Turkey rank
2nd
Soybean yields over time
- Spain
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 4.12 tonnes per hectare against 3.51 tonnes per hectare in Spain, a difference of 0.61 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Spain ahead.
Spain ranks 3rd and Turkey ranks 2nd of 105 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 0.183 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1980s | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | 0.2464 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 1990s | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 0.2822 tonnes per hectare | Turkey |
| 2000s | 2.53 tonnes per hectare | 3.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.8855 tonnes per hectare | Turkey |
| 2010s | 2.87 tonnes per hectare | 4.16 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | Turkey |
| 2020s | 3.14 tonnes per hectare | 4.19 tonnes per hectare | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher soybean yields, Spain or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 4.12 tonnes per hectare against 3.51 tonnes per hectare in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in soybean yields between Spain and Turkey?
- 0.61 tonnes per hectare, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Turkey?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Turkey rank globally for soybean yields?
- Spain ranks 3rd and Turkey ranks 2nd 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.