What is the difference in wheat yields between Australia and Brazil?

0 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Brazil: Wheat yields

Australia

2.61 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Brazil

2.61 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Australia rank

78th

Brazil rank

77th

Wheat yields over time

Australia
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2.61 tonnes per hectare against 2.61 tonnes per hectare in Australia, a difference of 0 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 78th and Brazil ranks 77th of 126 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Brazil in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Brazil	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.21 tonnes per hectare	0.7878 tonnes per hectare	0.4252 tonnes per hectare	Australia
1970s	1.29 tonnes per hectare	0.8439 tonnes per hectare	0.4433 tonnes per hectare	Australia
1980s	1.37 tonnes per hectare	1.32 tonnes per hectare	0.0534 tonnes per hectare	Australia
1990s	1.76 tonnes per hectare	1.56 tonnes per hectare	0.1945 tonnes per hectare	Australia
2000s	1.56 tonnes per hectare	1.98 tonnes per hectare	0.4189 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
2010s	1.95 tonnes per hectare	2.57 tonnes per hectare	0.6179 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
2020s	2.77 tonnes per hectare	2.73 tonnes per hectare	0.0338 tonnes per hectare	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat yields, Australia or Brazil?: Brazil, at 2.61 tonnes per hectare against 2.61 tonnes per hectare in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat yields between Australia and Brazil?: 0 tonnes per hectare, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for wheat yields?: Australia ranks 78th and Brazil ranks 77th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Wheat yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.