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

0.2 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan 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.

Japan vs Spain: Potato yields

Japan

32.31 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Spain

32.11 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Japan rank

29th

Spain rank

31st

Potato yields over time

Japan
Spain

How they compare

Japan currently reports 32.31 tonnes per hectare against 32.11 tonnes per hectare in Spain, a difference of 0.2 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 29th and Spain ranks 31st of 159 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1960s	18.54 tonnes per hectare	11.71 tonnes per hectare	6.82 tonnes per hectare	Japan
1970s	24.17 tonnes per hectare	13.98 tonnes per hectare	10.19 tonnes per hectare	Japan
1980s	28.94 tonnes per hectare	16.93 tonnes per hectare	12.01 tonnes per hectare	Japan
1990s	31.03 tonnes per hectare	20.69 tonnes per hectare	10.34 tonnes per hectare	Japan
2000s	32.01 tonnes per hectare	27.62 tonnes per hectare	4.39 tonnes per hectare	Japan
2010s	30.24 tonnes per hectare	31.33 tonnes per hectare	1.09 tonnes per hectare	Spain
2020s	31.77 tonnes per hectare	32.02 tonnes per hectare	0.2499 tonnes per hectare	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potato yields, Japan or Spain?: Japan, at 32.31 tonnes per hectare against 32.11 tonnes per hectare in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in potato yields between Japan and Spain?: 0.2 tonnes per hectare, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Japan and Spain rank globally for potato yields?: Japan ranks 29th 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.