Mexico vs South America: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Mexico
- South America
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 5,658 kg/ha against 2,838 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 2,820 kg/ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 2.0 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 23rd and South America ranks 22nd of 133 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,364 kg/ha | 1,271 kg/ha | 1,093 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 3,390 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 2,101 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 4,088 kg/ha | 1,687 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 4,216 kg/ha | 2,089 kg/ha | 2,127 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 4,882 kg/ha | 2,379 kg/ha | 2,503 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 5,317 kg/ha | 2,890 kg/ha | 2,427 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 5,848 kg/ha | 2,846 kg/ha | 3,001 kg/ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Mexico or South America?
- Mexico, at 5,658 kg/ha against 2,838 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Mexico and South America?
- 2,820 kg/ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and South America rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Mexico ranks 23rd and South America ranks 22nd of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.