Japan vs Romania: Wheat yields

Japan
4.44 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Romania
4.09 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
35th
Romania rank
38th

Wheat yields over time

  • Japan
  • Romania
12345191119672024

How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.44 tonnes per hectare against 4.09 tonnes per hectare in Romania, a difference of 0.35 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 35th and Romania ranks 38th of 125 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Romania Difference Ahead
1960s 2.51 tonnes per hectare 1.58 tonnes per hectare 0.9284 tonnes per hectare Japan
1970s 2.75 tonnes per hectare 2.31 tonnes per hectare 0.4497 tonnes per hectare Japan
1980s 3.27 tonnes per hectare 2.81 tonnes per hectare 0.461 tonnes per hectare Japan
1990s 3.41 tonnes per hectare 2.61 tonnes per hectare 0.8011 tonnes per hectare Japan
2000s 3.91 tonnes per hectare 2.59 tonnes per hectare 1.33 tonnes per hectare Japan
2010s 3.94 tonnes per hectare 3.83 tonnes per hectare 0.1172 tonnes per hectare Japan
2020s 4.6 tonnes per hectare 4 tonnes per hectare 0.5946 tonnes per hectare Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat yields, Japan or Romania?
Japan, at 4.44 tonnes per hectare against 4.09 tonnes per hectare in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat yields between Japan and Romania?
0.35 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Romania?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Japan and Romania rank globally for wheat yields?
Japan ranks 35th and Romania ranks 38th of 125 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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About this data

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

Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.