Canada vs Western Asia: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Canada
- Western Asia
How they compare
Canada currently reports 41,658 kg/ha against 29,722 kg/ha in Western Asia, a difference of 11,936 kg/ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 9th and Western Asia ranks 11th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Western Asia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,157 kg/ha | 11,682 kg/ha | 6,474 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 21,040 kg/ha | 14,333 kg/ha | 6,707 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 24,585 kg/ha | 18,909 kg/ha | 5,676 kg/ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 12,401 kg/ha | 20,558 kg/ha | 8,157 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 11,983 kg/ha | 21,209 kg/ha | 9,226 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 39,533 kg/ha | 24,487 kg/ha | 15,046 kg/ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 40,173 kg/ha | 28,730 kg/ha | 11,443 kg/ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Canada or Western Asia?
- Canada, at 41,658 kg/ha against 29,722 kg/ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Canada and Western Asia?
- 11,936 kg/ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Western Asia rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Canada ranks 9th and Western Asia ranks 11th 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.