What is the difference in potato yields between Chad and Congo?

0.5 tonnes per hectare, with Chad ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Congo?

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.

Chad vs Congo: Potato yields

Chad

9.12 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Congo

8.62 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Chad rank

136th

Congo rank

139th

Potato yields over time

Chad
Congo

How they compare

Chad currently reports 9.12 tonnes per hectare against 8.62 tonnes per hectare in Congo, a difference of 0.5 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Chad ahead.

Chad ranks 136th and Congo ranks 139th of 159 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 3 and Congo in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Congo	Difference	Ahead
1960s	4.34 tonnes per hectare	3.05 tonnes per hectare	1.29 tonnes per hectare	Chad
1970s	4.7 tonnes per hectare	6.2 tonnes per hectare	1.49 tonnes per hectare	Congo
1980s	5.54 tonnes per hectare	6.44 tonnes per hectare	0.9035 tonnes per hectare	Congo
1990s	6.48 tonnes per hectare	8.62 tonnes per hectare	2.15 tonnes per hectare	Congo
2000s	8.22 tonnes per hectare	8.62 tonnes per hectare	0.3982 tonnes per hectare	Congo
2010s	9.42 tonnes per hectare	8.61 tonnes per hectare	0.8117 tonnes per hectare	Chad
2020s	9.42 tonnes per hectare	8.62 tonnes per hectare	0.7976 tonnes per hectare	Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Chad or Congo?: Chad, at 9.12 tonnes per hectare against 8.62 tonnes per hectare in Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Chad and Congo?: 0.5 tonnes per hectare, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Congo?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Chad and Congo rank globally for potato yields?: Chad ranks 136th and Congo ranks 139th 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.