Africa vs Brazil: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Africa
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 33,520 kg/ha against 15,434 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 18,086 kg/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 2.2 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 25th and Brazil ranks 24th of 33 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 1 and Brazil in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,141 kg/ha | 6,311 kg/ha | 1,829 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 8,575 kg/ha | 8,655 kg/ha | 79.98 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 9,490 kg/ha | 12,112 kg/ha | 2,622 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 11,380 kg/ha | 14,853 kg/ha | 3,472 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 11,565 kg/ha | 21,541 kg/ha | 9,976 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 14,467 kg/ha | 28,814 kg/ha | 14,347 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 15,096 kg/ha | 33,126 kg/ha | 18,029 kg/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Africa or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 33,520 kg/ha against 15,434 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Africa and Brazil?
- 18,086 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Brazil rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Africa ranks 25th and Brazil ranks 24th of 33 groups.
- 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.