Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Afghanistan
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 13,640 kg/ha against 12,975 kg/ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 665 kg/ha.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 121st and Sri Lanka ranks 124th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,992 kg/ha | 6,750 kg/ha | 2,242 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 12,097 kg/ha | 8,943 kg/ha | 3,154 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 15,230 kg/ha | 12,023 kg/ha | 3,207 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 16,705 kg/ha | 11,236 kg/ha | 5,470 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 15,735 kg/ha | 13,938 kg/ha | 1,797 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 13,595 kg/ha | 16,548 kg/ha | 2,953 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 15,162 kg/ha | 15,184 kg/ha | 21.48 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Afghanistan or Sri Lanka?
- Afghanistan, at 13,640 kg/ha against 12,975 kg/ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka?
- 665 kg/ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Sri Lanka rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 121st and Sri Lanka ranks 124th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.