Japan vs Morocco: Potato yields

Japan
32.31 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Morocco
32.78 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Japan rank
29th
Morocco rank
26th

Potato yields over time

  • Japan
  • Morocco
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How they compare

Morocco currently reports 32.78 tonnes per hectare against 32.31 tonnes per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.47 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 29th and Morocco ranks 26th of 158 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Morocco in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Morocco Difference Ahead
1960s 18.54 tonnes per hectare 9.68 tonnes per hectare 8.85 tonnes per hectare Japan
1970s 24.17 tonnes per hectare 12.21 tonnes per hectare 11.97 tonnes per hectare Japan
1980s 28.94 tonnes per hectare 16.1 tonnes per hectare 12.83 tonnes per hectare Japan
1990s 31.03 tonnes per hectare 17.37 tonnes per hectare 13.66 tonnes per hectare Japan
2000s 32.01 tonnes per hectare 22.49 tonnes per hectare 9.53 tonnes per hectare Japan
2010s 30.24 tonnes per hectare 30.37 tonnes per hectare 0.128 tonnes per hectare Morocco
2020s 31.77 tonnes per hectare 31.71 tonnes per hectare 0.0602 tonnes per hectare Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Japan or Morocco?
Morocco, at 32.78 tonnes per hectare against 32.31 tonnes per hectare in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Japan and Morocco?
0.47 tonnes per hectare, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Morocco?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Japan and Morocco rank globally for potato yields?
Japan ranks 29th and Morocco ranks 26th 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

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

Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.