Japan vs Sweden: Sugar beet yields
Japan
71.27 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sweden
74.53 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
13th
Sweden rank
10th
Sugar beet yields over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 74.53 tonnes per hectare against 71.27 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 3.26 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Japan ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 10th of 65 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.9 tonnes per hectare | 38.72 tonnes per hectare | 9.82 tonnes per hectare | Sweden |
| 1970s | 46.03 tonnes per hectare | 41.88 tonnes per hectare | 4.15 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1980s | 52.49 tonnes per hectare | 44.02 tonnes per hectare | 8.46 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1990s | 53.59 tonnes per hectare | 45.01 tonnes per hectare | 8.58 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2000s | 60.78 tonnes per hectare | 50.61 tonnes per hectare | 10.17 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2010s | 61.3 tonnes per hectare | 61.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.103 tonnes per hectare | Sweden |
| 2020s | 68.2 tonnes per hectare | 67.92 tonnes per hectare | 0.2793 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet yields, Japan or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 74.53 tonnes per hectare against 71.27 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet yields between Japan and Sweden?
- 3.26 tonnes per hectare, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for sugar beet yields?
- Japan ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 10th of 65 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.