Denmark vs Northern America: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Denmark
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 48,178 kg/ha against 45,835 kg/ha in Denmark, a difference of 2,343 kg/ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.
Denmark ranks 3rd and Northern America ranks 2nd of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 4 and Northern America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,250 kg/ha | 22,209 kg/ha | 41.96 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1970s | 24,941 kg/ha | 26,599 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 33,342 kg/ha | 30,416 kg/ha | 2,926 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 36,792 kg/ha | 27,724 kg/ha | 9,067 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 39,810 kg/ha | 28,834 kg/ha | 10,975 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2010s | 40,584 kg/ha | 45,391 kg/ha | 4,807 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 44,285 kg/ha | 47,576 kg/ha | 3,291 kg/ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Denmark or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 48,178 kg/ha against 45,835 kg/ha in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Denmark and Northern America?
- 2,343 kg/ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Northern America rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Denmark ranks 3rd and Northern America ranks 2nd 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.