Cuba vs Yemen: Potato yields
Cuba
17.49 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Yemen
17.7 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Cuba rank
97th
Yemen rank
94th
Potato yields over time
- Cuba
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 17.7 tonnes per hectare against 17.49 tonnes per hectare in Cuba, a difference of 0.21 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 97th and Yemen ranks 94th of 158 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.73 tonnes per hectare | 6.75 tonnes per hectare | 4.99 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
| 1970s | 11.92 tonnes per hectare | 10.49 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
| 1980s | 18.07 tonnes per hectare | 15.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
| 1990s | 18.2 tonnes per hectare | 13.02 tonnes per hectare | 5.18 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
| 2000s | 23.68 tonnes per hectare | 12.27 tonnes per hectare | 11.4 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
| 2010s | 21.61 tonnes per hectare | 14.13 tonnes per hectare | 7.47 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
| 2020s | 18.18 tonnes per hectare | 17.71 tonnes per hectare | 0.4688 tonnes per hectare | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potato yields, Cuba or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 17.7 tonnes per hectare against 17.49 tonnes per hectare in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potato yields between Cuba and Yemen?
- 0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Yemen rank globally for potato yields?
- Cuba ranks 97th and Yemen ranks 94th of 158 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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About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.