Central America vs Polynesia: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Central America
- Polynesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 29,969 kg/ha against 9,358 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 20,611 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 3.2 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Central America ranks 9th and Polynesia ranks 10th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 6 and Polynesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,236 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 1,764 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 10,498 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 498.1 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 12,585 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 2,585 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 18,898 kg/ha | 8,621 kg/ha | 10,277 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 24,986 kg/ha | 8,837 kg/ha | 16,149 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 26,554 kg/ha | 9,135 kg/ha | 17,419 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 29,262 kg/ha | 9,338 kg/ha | 19,924 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Central America or Polynesia?
- Central America, at 29,969 kg/ha against 9,358 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Central America and Polynesia?
- 20,611 kg/ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Polynesia?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2021.
- How do Central America and Polynesia rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Central America ranks 9th and Polynesia ranks 10th of 28 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.