India vs Spain: Yields of key staple crops

India
3.56 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Spain
3.65 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India rank
48th
Spain rank
47th

Yields of key staple crops over time

  • India
  • Spain
1234196119922024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 3.65 tonnes per hectare against 3.56 tonnes per hectare in India, a difference of 0.09 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 30 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

India ranks 48th and Spain ranks 47th of 125 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9069 tonnes per hectare 1.14 tonnes per hectare 0.2361 tonnes per hectare Spain
1970s 1.35 tonnes per hectare 1.46 tonnes per hectare 0.1075 tonnes per hectare Spain
1980s 1.85 tonnes per hectare 2.19 tonnes per hectare 0.3396 tonnes per hectare Spain
1990s 2.43 tonnes per hectare 2.31 tonnes per hectare 0.1216 tonnes per hectare India
2000s 2.72 tonnes per hectare 2.86 tonnes per hectare 0.1386 tonnes per hectare Spain
2010s 3.12 tonnes per hectare 3.14 tonnes per hectare 0.0222 tonnes per hectare Spain
2020s 3.52 tonnes per hectare 3.4 tonnes per hectare 0.1165 tonnes per hectare India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yields of key staple crops, India or Spain?
Spain, at 3.65 tonnes per hectare against 3.56 tonnes per hectare in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between India and Spain?
0.09 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Spain?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and Spain rank globally for yields of key staple crops?
India ranks 48th and Spain ranks 47th of 125 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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About this data

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

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