What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Bolivia and USSR?

0.13 tonnes per hectare, with USSR ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and USSR?

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

Where does this data come from?

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

Bolivia vs USSR: Yields of key staple crops

Bolivia

1.44 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

USSR

1.57 tonnes per hectare

in 1991

Bolivia rank

106th

USSR rank

103rd

Yields of key staple crops over time

Bolivia
USSR

How they compare

USSR currently reports 1.57 tonnes per hectare against 1.44 tonnes per hectare in Bolivia, a difference of 0.13 tonnes per hectare.

That makes USSR's figure about 1.1 times Bolivia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

Bolivia ranks 106th and USSR ranks 103rd of 126 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.6025 tonnes per hectare	1.05 tonnes per hectare	0.4447 tonnes per hectare	USSR
1970s	0.7653 tonnes per hectare	1.44 tonnes per hectare	0.6781 tonnes per hectare	USSR
1980s	0.7153 tonnes per hectare	1.53 tonnes per hectare	0.8121 tonnes per hectare	USSR
1990s	0.791 tonnes per hectare	1.84 tonnes per hectare	1.05 tonnes per hectare	USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yields of key staple crops, Bolivia or USSR?: USSR, at 1.57 tonnes per hectare against 1.44 tonnes per hectare in Bolivia as of 1991.
What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Bolivia and USSR?: 0.13 tonnes per hectare, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Bolivia and USSR rank globally for yields of key staple crops?: Bolivia ranks 106th and USSR ranks 103rd of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Yields of key staple crops
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,889 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.