Qatar vs Zambia: Potato yields
Qatar
19.82 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zambia
20.94 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Qatar rank
80th
Zambia rank
77th
Potato yields over time
- Qatar
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 20.94 tonnes per hectare against 19.82 tonnes per hectare in Qatar, a difference of 1.12 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Qatar ahead.
Qatar ranks 80th and Zambia ranks 77th of 158 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Qatar averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Qatar | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.19 tonnes per hectare | 8.74 tonnes per hectare | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | Qatar |
| 1980s | 10.79 tonnes per hectare | 9.04 tonnes per hectare | 1.76 tonnes per hectare | Qatar |
| 1990s | 9.87 tonnes per hectare | 9 tonnes per hectare | 0.8694 tonnes per hectare | Qatar |
| 2000s | 9.1 tonnes per hectare | 12.79 tonnes per hectare | 3.69 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2010s | 10.8 tonnes per hectare | 17.3 tonnes per hectare | 6.5 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2020s | 15.94 tonnes per hectare | 22.51 tonnes per hectare | 6.57 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potato yields, Qatar or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 20.94 tonnes per hectare against 19.82 tonnes per hectare in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potato yields between Qatar and Zambia?
- 1.12 tonnes per hectare, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Qatar and Zambia?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Qatar and Zambia rank globally for potato yields?
- Qatar ranks 80th and Zambia ranks 77th 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.