Pea yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
96
Highest
5.78 tonnes per hectare
Burundi
Lowest
0.2529 tonnes per hectare
Lesotho
Median
1.57 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
4,893
What the numbers show
Pea yields is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 5.78 tonnes per hectare in Burundi; the lowest is 0.2529 tonnes per hectare in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.57 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 1.76 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 202.3%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 73.3%).
Pea yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 5.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 202.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 4 | Lebanon | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 3.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 3.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 9 | Montenegro | 3.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 3.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 12 | Denmark | 2.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 13 | France | 2.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 14 | Palestine | 2.91 tonnes per hectare | 2022 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 15 | Germany | 2.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 2.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 17 | Sweden | 2.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 2.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Finland | 2.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 2.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 2.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 23 | Belarus | 2.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 25 | Estonia | 2.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 2.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 27 | Canada | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 29 | Russia | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 30 | Ukraine | 2.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 2.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 32 | Uruguay | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 34 | Slovenia | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 35 | Egypt | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 2.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 37 | Austria | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 38 | United States | 1.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 1.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 33.0% | flat |
| 44 | Bhutan | 1.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 46 | Slovakia | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 37.8% | flat |
| 47 | Czechia | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 43.6% | flat |
| 48 | Greece | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Libya | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 50 | China | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 52 | Yemen | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 53 | Venezuela | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Armenia | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 54.1% | rising |
| 55 | Mexico | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 56 | Bolivia | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 57 | Moldova | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 59 | India | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 64 | Peru | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.6% | rising |
| 66 | Madagascar | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 67 | Australia | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 68 | Norway | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 70 | Jamaica | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 71 | Algeria | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | — | flat |
| 73 | Romania | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 74 | Chile | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 75 | South Africa | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 76 | Philippines | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2011 | up 137.5% | rising |
| 77 | Georgia | 0.9789 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 0.9189 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 0.8876 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 80 | Paraguay | 0.8863 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 81 | Malawi | 0.8784 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 82 | Belize | 0.8781 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.8617 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 84 | Myanmar | 0.8327 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 85 | Ecuador | 0.742 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 69.1% | falling |
| 86 | Congo | 0.7391 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 87 | Pakistan | 0.6967 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 88 | Morocco | 0.6703 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 0.6425 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 90 | Tanzania | 0.6236 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 91 | Guyana | 0.588 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 92 | Uganda | 0.4796 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 93 | Eritrea | 0.4315 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 94 | Niger | 0.4302 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.4062 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 96 | Israel | 0.3602 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Mauritania | 0.2995 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 98 | Lesotho | 0.2529 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.03 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.