Canada vs Northern Africa: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Canada
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Canada currently reports 41,658 kg/ha against 28,978 kg/ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 12,680 kg/ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times Northern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 9th and Northern Africa ranks 12th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Northern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,157 kg/ha | 10,683 kg/ha | 7,474 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 21,040 kg/ha | 10,532 kg/ha | 10,508 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 24,585 kg/ha | 13,164 kg/ha | 11,421 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 12,401 kg/ha | 16,387 kg/ha | 3,986 kg/ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 11,983 kg/ha | 21,525 kg/ha | 9,542 kg/ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 39,533 kg/ha | 26,951 kg/ha | 12,583 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 40,173 kg/ha | 28,137 kg/ha | 12,036 kg/ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Canada or Northern Africa?
- Canada, at 41,658 kg/ha against 28,978 kg/ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Canada and Northern Africa?
- 12,680 kg/ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Northern Africa rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Canada ranks 9th and Northern Africa ranks 12th 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.