France vs Spain: Sugar beet yields
France
79.18 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
77.09 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
France rank
4th
Spain rank
6th
Sugar beet yields over time
- France
- Spain
How they compare
France currently reports 79.18 tonnes per hectare against 77.09 tonnes per hectare in Spain, a difference of 2.09 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 4th and Spain ranks 6th of 66 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 | 40.11 tonnes per hectare | 24.79 tonnes per hectare | 15.32 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 1970s | 43.36 tonnes per hectare | 30.44 tonnes per hectare | 12.91 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 1980s | 58.49 tonnes per hectare | 39.37 tonnes per hectare | 19.12 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 1990s | 69.02 tonnes per hectare | 49.54 tonnes per hectare | 19.48 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 2000s | 79.48 tonnes per hectare | 70.45 tonnes per hectare | 9.03 tonnes per hectare | France |
| 2010s | 87.98 tonnes per hectare | 88.9 tonnes per hectare | 0.9152 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
| 2020s | 76.88 tonnes per hectare | 82.75 tonnes per hectare | 5.87 tonnes per hectare | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet yields, France or Spain?
- France, at 79.18 tonnes per hectare against 77.09 tonnes per hectare in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet yields between France and Spain?
- 2.09 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 sugar beet yields?
- France ranks 4th and Spain ranks 6th of 66 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sugar beet yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.