Canada vs United States: Yields of important staple crops
Canada
3.37 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
United States
3.45 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Canada rank
53rd
United States rank
50th
Yields of important staple crops over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 3.45 tonnes per hectare against 3.37 tonnes per hectare in Canada, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.
Canada ranks 53rd and United States ranks 50th of 126 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and United States in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.48 tonnes per hectare | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.2941 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1970s | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.3124 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1980s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.575 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1990s | 2.27 tonnes per hectare | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 0.3298 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2000s | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 2.79 tonnes per hectare | 0.3443 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2010s | 3.18 tonnes per hectare | 3.15 tonnes per hectare | 0.0289 tonnes per hectare | Canada |
| 2020s | 3.18 tonnes per hectare | 3.23 tonnes per hectare | 0.0493 tonnes per hectare | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of important staple crops, Canada or United States?
- United States, at 3.45 tonnes per hectare against 3.37 tonnes per hectare in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Canada and United States?
- 0.08 tonnes per hectare, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and United States rank globally for yields of important staple crops?
- Canada ranks 53rd and United States ranks 50th of 126 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.