What is the difference in potato yields between Cape Verde and Namibia?

0.72 tonnes per hectare, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Namibia?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 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.

Cape Verde vs Namibia: Potato yields

Cape Verde

11.34 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Namibia

12.06 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

129th

Namibia rank

128th

Potato yields over time

Cape Verde
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 12.06 tonnes per hectare against 11.34 tonnes per hectare in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.72 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 129th and Namibia ranks 128th of 159 countries.

Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	16.04 tonnes per hectare	11.97 tonnes per hectare	4.07 tonnes per hectare	Cape Verde
2010s	12.22 tonnes per hectare	12.08 tonnes per hectare	0.1394 tonnes per hectare	Cape Verde
2020s	16.01 tonnes per hectare	12.06 tonnes per hectare	3.95 tonnes per hectare	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Cape Verde or Namibia?: Namibia, at 12.06 tonnes per hectare against 11.34 tonnes per hectare in Cape Verde as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Cape Verde and Namibia?: 0.72 tonnes per hectare, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Namibia?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Cape Verde and Namibia rank globally for potato yields?: Cape Verde ranks 129th and Namibia ranks 128th 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.