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

0.56 tonnes per hectare, with Cape Verde ahead.

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

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

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 USSR: Potato yields

Cape Verde

11.34 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

USSR

10.78 tonnes per hectare

in 1991

Cape Verde rank

129th

USSR rank

130th

Potato yields over time

Cape Verde
USSR

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 11.34 tonnes per hectare against 10.78 tonnes per hectare in USSR, a difference of 0.56 tonnes per hectare.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 129th and USSR ranks 130th of 159 countries.

Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	10.37 tonnes per hectare	10.31 tonnes per hectare	0.056 tonnes per hectare	Cape Verde
1970s	13.78 tonnes per hectare	11.76 tonnes per hectare	2.03 tonnes per hectare	Cape Verde
1980s	15.36 tonnes per hectare	11.54 tonnes per hectare	3.82 tonnes per hectare	Cape Verde
1990s	16.31 tonnes per hectare	10.85 tonnes per hectare	5.46 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 USSR?: Cape Verde, at 11.34 tonnes per hectare against 10.78 tonnes per hectare in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Cape Verde and USSR?: 0.56 tonnes per hectare, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Cape Verde and USSR rank globally for potato yields?: Cape Verde ranks 129th and USSR ranks 130th 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.