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

0.7 tonnes per hectare, with Congo ahead.

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

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.

Congo vs Rwanda: Potato yields

Congo

8.62 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Rwanda

7.92 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Congo rank

139th

Rwanda rank

140th

Potato yields over time

Congo
Rwanda

How they compare

Congo currently reports 8.62 tonnes per hectare against 7.92 tonnes per hectare in Rwanda, a difference of 0.7 tonnes per hectare.

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

The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.

Congo ranks 139th and Rwanda ranks 140th of 159 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Congo	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	3.05 tonnes per hectare	4.6 tonnes per hectare	1.55 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1970s	6.2 tonnes per hectare	6.76 tonnes per hectare	0.5624 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1980s	6.44 tonnes per hectare	6.6 tonnes per hectare	0.1593 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1990s	8.62 tonnes per hectare	6.41 tonnes per hectare	2.21 tonnes per hectare	Congo
2000s	8.62 tonnes per hectare	8.79 tonnes per hectare	0.1739 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
2010s	8.61 tonnes per hectare	12.45 tonnes per hectare	3.84 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
2020s	8.62 tonnes per hectare	7.91 tonnes per hectare	0.7139 tonnes per hectare	Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Congo or Rwanda?: Congo, at 8.62 tonnes per hectare against 7.92 tonnes per hectare in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Congo and Rwanda?: 0.7 tonnes per hectare, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Rwanda?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Congo and Rwanda rank globally for potato yields?: Congo ranks 139th and Rwanda ranks 140th 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.