What is the difference in potato yields between Canada and Germany?

3.36 tonnes per hectare, with Germany ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Germany?

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.

Canada vs Germany: Potato yields

Canada

41.66 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Germany

45.02 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Canada rank

8th

Germany rank

5th

Potato yields over time

Canada
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 45.02 tonnes per hectare against 41.66 tonnes per hectare in Canada, a difference of 3.36 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.

Canada ranks 8th and Germany ranks 5th of 159 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Germany	Difference	Ahead
1960s	18.16 tonnes per hectare	21.95 tonnes per hectare	3.79 tonnes per hectare	Germany
1970s	21.04 tonnes per hectare	22.02 tonnes per hectare	0.9794 tonnes per hectare	Germany
1980s	24.59 tonnes per hectare	25.34 tonnes per hectare	0.7505 tonnes per hectare	Germany
1990s	12.4 tonnes per hectare	34.25 tonnes per hectare	21.85 tonnes per hectare	Germany
2000s	11.98 tonnes per hectare	41.09 tonnes per hectare	29.11 tonnes per hectare	Germany
2010s	39.53 tonnes per hectare	42.7 tonnes per hectare	3.17 tonnes per hectare	Germany
2020s	40.17 tonnes per hectare	43.12 tonnes per hectare	2.95 tonnes per hectare	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Canada or Germany?: Germany, at 45.02 tonnes per hectare against 41.66 tonnes per hectare in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Canada and Germany?: 3.36 tonnes per hectare, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Germany?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and Germany rank globally for potato yields?: Canada ranks 8th and Germany ranks 5th 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.