Denmark vs South Africa: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Denmark
- South Africa
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 45,835 kg/ha against 37,951 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 7,884 kg/ha.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 3rd and South Africa ranks 6th of 166 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,250 kg/ha | 9,390 kg/ha | 12,860 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1970s | 24,941 kg/ha | 14,350 kg/ha | 10,591 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1980s | 33,342 kg/ha | 16,043 kg/ha | 17,299 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 36,792 kg/ha | 24,642 kg/ha | 12,150 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 39,810 kg/ha | 33,038 kg/ha | 6,771 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2010s | 40,584 kg/ha | 35,578 kg/ha | 5,005 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 44,285 kg/ha | 37,451 kg/ha | 6,834 kg/ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Denmark or South Africa?
- Denmark, at 45,835 kg/ha against 37,951 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Denmark and South Africa?
- 7,884 kg/ha, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and South Africa rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Denmark ranks 3rd and South Africa ranks 6th 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.