What is the difference in potato yields between Austria and Spain?

0.44 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Spain?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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.

Austria vs Spain: Potato yields

Austria

31.67 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Spain

32.11 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Austria rank

32nd

Spain rank

31st

Potato yields over time

Austria
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 32.11 tonnes per hectare against 31.67 tonnes per hectare in Austria, a difference of 0.44 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 32nd and Spain ranks 31st of 159 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1960s	21.95 tonnes per hectare	11.71 tonnes per hectare	10.24 tonnes per hectare	Austria
1970s	24.25 tonnes per hectare	13.98 tonnes per hectare	10.27 tonnes per hectare	Austria
1980s	26.54 tonnes per hectare	16.93 tonnes per hectare	9.61 tonnes per hectare	Austria
1990s	26.33 tonnes per hectare	20.69 tonnes per hectare	5.63 tonnes per hectare	Austria
2000s	30.73 tonnes per hectare	27.62 tonnes per hectare	3.11 tonnes per hectare	Austria
2010s	31.22 tonnes per hectare	31.33 tonnes per hectare	0.114 tonnes per hectare	Spain
2020s	32.62 tonnes per hectare	32.02 tonnes per hectare	0.6085 tonnes per hectare	Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Austria or Spain?: Spain, at 32.11 tonnes per hectare against 31.67 tonnes per hectare in Austria as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Austria and Spain?: 0.44 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Spain?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Austria and Spain rank globally for potato yields?: Austria ranks 32nd and Spain ranks 31st of 159 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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Indicator: Potato yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 159 places, 8,735 data points, 1705–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.