Greece vs USSR: Sugar beet yields
Greece
30.6 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
USSR
20.82 tonnes per hectare
in 1991
Greece rank
49th
USSR rank
52nd
Sugar beet yields over time
- Greece
- USSR
How they compare
Greece currently reports 30.6 tonnes per hectare against 20.82 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 9.78 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.5 times USSR's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Greece has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 49th and USSR ranks 52nd of 66 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.9 tonnes per hectare | 19.04 tonnes per hectare | 19.86 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1970s | 56.46 tonnes per hectare | 22.79 tonnes per hectare | 33.68 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1980s | 61.82 tonnes per hectare | 23.64 tonnes per hectare | 38.17 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
| 1990s | 61.23 tonnes per hectare | 23.04 tonnes per hectare | 38.19 tonnes per hectare | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet yields, Greece or USSR?
- Greece, at 30.6 tonnes per hectare against 20.82 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet yields between Greece and USSR?
- 9.78 tonnes per hectare, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Greece and USSR rank globally for sugar beet yields?
- Greece ranks 49th and USSR ranks 52nd 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.
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About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.