Austria vs Japan: Potato yields
Austria
31.67 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan
32.31 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Austria rank
32nd
Japan rank
29th
Potato yields over time
- Austria
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 32.31 tonnes per hectare against 31.67 tonnes per hectare in Austria, a difference of 0.64 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 32nd and Japan ranks 29th of 158 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.95 tonnes per hectare | 18.54 tonnes per hectare | 3.42 tonnes per hectare | Austria |
| 1970s | 24.25 tonnes per hectare | 24.17 tonnes per hectare | 0.0736 tonnes per hectare | Austria |
| 1980s | 26.54 tonnes per hectare | 28.94 tonnes per hectare | 2.4 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 1990s | 26.33 tonnes per hectare | 31.03 tonnes per hectare | 4.71 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2000s | 30.73 tonnes per hectare | 32.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | Japan |
| 2010s | 31.22 tonnes per hectare | 30.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.971 tonnes per hectare | Austria |
| 2020s | 32.62 tonnes per hectare | 31.77 tonnes per hectare | 0.8584 tonnes per hectare | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potato yields, Austria or Japan?
- Japan, at 32.31 tonnes per hectare against 31.67 tonnes per hectare in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potato yields between Austria and Japan?
- 0.64 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Japan rank globally for potato yields?
- Austria ranks 32nd and Japan ranks 29th of 158 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Potato yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.