What is the difference in potato yields between China and Qatar?

0.98 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Qatar?

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 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.

China vs Qatar: Potato yields

China

20.8 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Qatar

19.82 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

China rank

78th

Qatar rank

80th

Potato yields over time

China
Qatar

How they compare

China currently reports 20.8 tonnes per hectare against 19.82 tonnes per hectare in Qatar, a difference of 0.98 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Qatar ahead.

China ranks 78th and Qatar ranks 80th of 159 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Qatar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	11.91 tonnes per hectare	10.19 tonnes per hectare	1.72 tonnes per hectare	China
1980s	10.91 tonnes per hectare	10.79 tonnes per hectare	0.112 tonnes per hectare	China
1990s	13.41 tonnes per hectare	9.87 tonnes per hectare	3.54 tonnes per hectare	China
2000s	14.76 tonnes per hectare	9.1 tonnes per hectare	5.66 tonnes per hectare	China
2010s	17.73 tonnes per hectare	10.8 tonnes per hectare	6.93 tonnes per hectare	China
2020s	20.36 tonnes per hectare	15.94 tonnes per hectare	4.43 tonnes per hectare	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, China or Qatar?: China, at 20.8 tonnes per hectare against 19.82 tonnes per hectare in Qatar as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between China and Qatar?: 0.98 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Qatar?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do China and Qatar rank globally for potato yields?: China ranks 78th and Qatar ranks 80th 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.