Australia vs Southern Europe: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Australia
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Australia currently reports 40,784 kg/ha against 26,597 kg/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 14,187 kg/ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.5 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 10th and Southern Europe ranks 13th of 166 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,066 kg/ha | 10,387 kg/ha | 4,678 kg/ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 20,311 kg/ha | 12,224 kg/ha | 8,087 kg/ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 25,828 kg/ha | 13,607 kg/ha | 12,221 kg/ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 30,173 kg/ha | 15,468 kg/ha | 14,705 kg/ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 34,716 kg/ha | 18,163 kg/ha | 16,553 kg/ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 38,311 kg/ha | 21,886 kg/ha | 16,425 kg/ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 40,445 kg/ha | 25,455 kg/ha | 14,990 kg/ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Australia or Southern Europe?
- Australia, at 40,784 kg/ha against 26,597 kg/ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Australia and Southern Europe?
- 14,187 kg/ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Southern Europe rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Australia ranks 10th and Southern Europe ranks 13th 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.