What is the difference in potato yields between Greece and Spain?

0.52 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Spain?

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.

Greece vs Spain: Potato yields

Greece

31.59 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Spain

32.11 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Greece rank

33rd

Spain rank

31st

Potato yields over time

Greece
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 32.11 tonnes per hectare against 31.59 tonnes per hectare in Greece, a difference of 0.52 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Greece ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 31st of 159 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1960s	9.41 tonnes per hectare	11.71 tonnes per hectare	2.3 tonnes per hectare	Spain
1970s	14.18 tonnes per hectare	13.98 tonnes per hectare	0.2064 tonnes per hectare	Greece
1980s	17.95 tonnes per hectare	16.93 tonnes per hectare	1.02 tonnes per hectare	Greece
1990s	19.93 tonnes per hectare	20.69 tonnes per hectare	0.7584 tonnes per hectare	Spain
2000s	20.29 tonnes per hectare	27.62 tonnes per hectare	7.33 tonnes per hectare	Spain
2010s	23.6 tonnes per hectare	31.33 tonnes per hectare	7.73 tonnes per hectare	Spain
2020s	29.8 tonnes per hectare	32.02 tonnes per hectare	2.22 tonnes per hectare	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Greece or Spain?: Spain, at 32.11 tonnes per hectare against 31.59 tonnes per hectare in Greece as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Greece and Spain?: 0.52 tonnes per hectare, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Spain?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Greece and Spain rank globally for potato yields?: Greece ranks 33rd and Spain ranks 31st 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.